# Incident 19880523043079I: Piper PA18, King Salmon, AK, May 23, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6765° N, 156.6487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING SALMON (AKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6765&lon=-156.6487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4091Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4091Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880523043079I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.

## Other reports on N4091Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19900831037819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900831037819A), Aug 31, 1990: Piper PA18150 (N4091Z), Chisana, AK, Substantial damage. Wheels hit tree tops on climbout from a gravel bar. Aircraft stalled into trees. Blamed a sick engine. Not verified

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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