# Incident 19900921053529I: Piper PA18S135, King Salmon, AK, September 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1990, 17:13 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2497A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2497A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18S-135 (registry code 7101826, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18s-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,430 total, 942 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900921053529I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON AREA THAT BECAME SOFT ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND FLIPPED ON ITS BACK.

## Other reports on N2497A (1)

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

- [Incident 19861001066309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861001066309I), Oct 1, 1986: Piper PA18S135 (N2497A), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft became airborne prematurely during takeoff from tundra. Pilot failed to level the wings and flipped over.

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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