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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Palmer, AK · April 21, 1994

Date: April 21, 1994 · 20:00 local
Place: Palmer, AK
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7577D
Reported as: Piper PA18A150
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N7577DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150S/N 18-5864 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Landed on frozen lake to take photos. Main gear broke thru ice as the wheel equipped PA18 came to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON FROZEN LAKE TO TAKE PHOTOS.MAIN GEAR BROKE THRU ICE AS THE WHEEL EQUIPPED PA18 CAME TO A STOP.

Other reports on N7577D · 2

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

Incident 19930213011119ILow Level Operations · Anchorage, AKSki wheel hit a snow drift making a low pass over runway. Returned to departure point. Landed on broken ski.Feb 13, 1993 · Reported as Piper PA18150 · Minor damage Accident 19890920039529AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Anchorage, AKDistracted by construction activity on taxiway. Saw gravel truck too late and slid into it causing aircraft damage.Sep 20, 1989 · Substantial damage