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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Clear, AK · February 7, 1987

Date
February 7, 1987 · 13:45 local
Place
Clear, AK
Airport
Clear Sky Lodge
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N102TC
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC87LA035
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,659 total1,074 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ski equipped aircraft hit a snowdrift while taxiing on a frozen lake. Side loading damaged the gear.

As the FAA filed it

SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT HIT A SNOWDRIFT WHILE TAXIING ON A FROZEN LAKE. SIDE LOADING DAMAGED THE GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.