# Incident 19890712047349I: Piper PA18A150, Valdez, AK, July 12, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1989, 19:10 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Airport: Valdez Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1308° N, 146.3483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdez, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1308&lon=-146.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6MX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6MX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 200 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/19890712047349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IN TRAFFIC AREA WITHOUT COMMUNICATION FOR LONG TIME. PILOT SAID HIS TRANSMITTER INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N6MX (1)

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

- [Accident 19900415009149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900415009149A), Apr 15, 1990: Piper PA18A150 (N6MX), Galena, AK, Substantial damage. Hit a boat wake on takeoff to spot herring. Bounced into air. Stalled and nosed over on impact with water.

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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