# Incident 19870804057679I: Piper PA18150, Boswell Bay, AK, August 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1987, 13:32 local time
- Place: Boswell Bay, AK
- Airport: Boswell Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ORCA
- Location: 60.4231° N, 146.1459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOSWELL BAY (AK97), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4231&lon=-146.1459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83552, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83552) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804057679I

## Narrative

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

WIND SHIFTED TO A TAILWIND AND AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY END. RUNWAY KNOW TO HAVE TURBULENCE AND VARIABLE WINDS.

## Other reports on N83552 (2)

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

- [Accident 20220709012099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220709012099A), Jul 9, 2022: Piper PA-18-150 (N83552), Bentonville, AR, Substantial damage. On July 9, 2022 [privacy data omitted], a Piper PA-18-150 super cub, sustained substantial damage after a hard landing at 58AR, Sugar Creek. During the…
- [Incident 19921008046029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921008046029I), Oct 8, 1992: Piper PA18150 (N83552), No Name, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft being used to compact snow on strip. Right gear sank off edge of strip and nosed over.

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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