19930721025119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18150 · Port Alsworth, AK · July 21, 1993

Date
July 21, 1993 · 15:00 local
Place
Port Alsworth, AK
Airport
Port Alsworth
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N472GF
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC93LA124
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,020 total170 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on steep climbout. Stalled. Recovered but impacted high sink rate. Washed plane but failed drain sumps.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON STEEP CLIMBOUT. STALLED. RECOVERED BUT IMPACTED HIGH SINK RATE. WASHED PLANE BUT FAILED DRAIN SUMPS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.