# Accident 19890920039529A: Piper PA18A150, Anchorage, AK, September 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7577D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7577D) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 220 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890920039529A

## Narrative

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

DISTRACTED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ON TAXIWAY.SAW GRAVEL TRUCK TOO LATE AND SLID INTO IT CAUSING AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC89LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA169), Sep 20, 1989: Piper PA-18 (N7577D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOT DUE TO HIS DIVERTED ATTENTION. THE VEHICLES (TRACTOR & TRUCK) WERE CONSIDERED TO BE RELATED FACTORS.

## Other reports on N7577D (2)

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

- [Incident 19940421024609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940421024609I), Apr 21, 1994: Piper PA18A150 (N7577D), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Landed on frozen lake to take photos. Main gear broke thru ice as the wheel equipped PA18 came to a stop.
- [Incident 19930213011119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930213011119I), Feb 13, 1993: Piper PA18150 (N7577D), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Ski wheel hit a snow drift making a low pass over runway. Returned to departure point. Landed on broken ski.

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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