# Accident 19860908045879A: Piper STCPA18, Umiat, AK, September 8, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1986, 12:00 local time
- Place: Umiat, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 69.3669° N, 152.1442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Umiat, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=69.3669&lon=-152.1442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9049Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9049Z-1986-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA18
- Reported engine: LYC STCO320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 584 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860908045879A

## Narrative

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

THE PLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN. ENGINE NOT PRODUCING POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED CAUSE. OIL SCREENS CLOGGED. AUTO GAS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC86LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA149), Sep 8, 1986: Piper PA-18 (N9049Z), Umiat, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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