# Incident 19931004037689I: Piper PA18135, Port Heiden, AK, October 4, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1993, 13:00 local time
- Place: Port Heiden, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.9326° N, 158.6250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Heiden, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9326&lon=-158.6250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3256B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3256B-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 837 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931004037689I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI TO A MORE SECURED AREA A VERY STRONG WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OVER. NO ATTEMPT TO FLY.

## Other reports on N3256B (1)

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

- [Accident 20090425025149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425025149A), Apr 25, 2009: Piper PA-18-135 (N3256B), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Was observed water skiing his PA-18 around 20 feet from bystanders. A video was made of this. Shortly after the video was made, N3256B,…

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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