# Accident 19880517030579A: Piper PA18150, Togiak Village, AK, May 17, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1988, 09:00 local time
- Place: Togiak Village, AK
- Airport: Togiak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0536° N, 160.3968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOGIAK (TOG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0536&lon=-160.3968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N824JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 20 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517030579A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A LOG ON A BEACH TAKEOFF. WAS UNAWARE OF DAMAGED GEAR UNTIL IT COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT AN AIRPORT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N824JT (2)

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

- [Accident 20260707008289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260707008289A), Jul 7, 2026: Piper PA-18-150 (N824JT), Mekoryuk, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot narrative: "after refueling in pamy, the adf&g biologist and I departed to conduct part 91 aerial game surveys. About an hour and ten minutes into the…
- [Incident 20180917016329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180917016329I), Sep 17, 2018: Piper PA-18-150 (N824JT), St Marys, AK, Minor damage. Pilot reported that he departed Bethel with one passenger for a drop off at a hunting camp that was located approximately 38 miles northeast of st. Marys, AK.…

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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