# Incident 19860811061129I: Piper PA18150, Kotzebue, AK, August 11, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1986, 13:34 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57698, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57698) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2A (registry code 42137, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860811061129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING, GEAR WAS DAMAGED ON THE PREVIOUS TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N57698 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980507019889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980507019889I), May 7, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N57698), Unalakleet, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing around an incoming aircraft, 57698 struck sign bending the prop and denting the boot cowl.
- [Accident 19940909026189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940909026189A), Sep 9, 1994: Piper PA18150 (N57698), Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing tundra tire equipped cub on tundra. Had a quartering tail wind. Ground looped.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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