# Accident 19871206069179A: Piper PA18, Wasilla, AK, December 6, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1987, 08:15 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Finger Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6092° N, 149.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FINGER LAKE (99Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6092&lon=-149.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1237A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871206069179A

## Narrative

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

SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED DURING TAXI ON A FROZEN LAKE CAUSING A SKI TO BREAK THRU THE ICE. GUSTY WINDS.

## 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 ANC88LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA018), Dec 6, 1987: Piper PA-18 (N1237A), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage

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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