# Incident 19880817051709I: Piper PA18, Homer, AK, August 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1988, 11:00 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6404° N, 151.5091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6404&lon=-151.5091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8560C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,566 total, 1,300 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/19880817051709I

## Narrative

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

DURING WATER TAXI IN GUSTY WINDS UPDRAFT LIFTED AIRCRAFT. SETTLED BACK BREAKING SUSPENSION SYSTEM ON FLOATS.

## Other reports on N8560C (3)

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

- [Accident 20170712024439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170712024439A), Jul 12, 2017: Piper PA-18 (N8560C), Denali, AK, Substantial damage. Flight was a grocery haul to off airport narrow landing strip in the yanert river valley. Winds gusted as touching down, the aircraft got to the edge of the…
- [Accident 19960609013139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960609013139A), Jun 9, 1996: Piper PA18150 (N8560C), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. On landing at airport, nosed over. Unable to stop swerved. Battery cable caught on right rudder pedal.
- [Incident 19861217079159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217079159I), Dec 17, 1986: Piper PA18 (N8560C), Anchorage, AK. Rough running engine quit on final to heliport. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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