# Incident 19861001066309I: Piper PA18S135, Iliamna, AK, October 1, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1986, 17:01 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7568° N, 154.9111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iliamna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7568&lon=-154.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2497A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2497A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18S-135 (registry code 7101826, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18s-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861001066309I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY DURING TAKEOFF FROM TUNDRA. PILOT FAILED TO LEVEL THE WINGS AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Other reports on N2497A (1)

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

- [Incident 19900921053529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900921053529I), Sep 21, 1990: Piper PA18S135 (N2497A), King Salmon, AK. Landed on area that became soft on rollout. Aircraft nosed over and flipped on its back.

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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