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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18A · Anchorage, AK · April 24, 1994

Date: April 24, 1994 · 20:25 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4581A
Reported as: Piper PA18A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total

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.

Narrative: on April 24, 1994, at 2022 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped PA-18 N4581A after stopping broke through the ice and sank on lake george, 20 miles east of Anchorage. The aircraft reportedly departed Anchorage at unknown time for a VFR flight under VMC. No flight plan was filed for personal flight conducted under 14 CFR 91. The pilot and his passenger were not injured and the aircraft sustained minor damage. (Mechanic replaced mags, prop, and drained oil and ferried aircraft out for repairs. This form has been reconstructed from ptrs and fsis information on nov 28, 1995.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 24, 1994, AT 2022 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED PA-18 N4581A AFTER STOPPING BROKE THROUGH THE ICE AND SANK ON LAKE GEORGE, 20 MILES EAST OF ANCHORAGE. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY DEPARTED ANCHORAGE AT UNKNOWN TIME FOR A VFR FLIGHT UNDER VMC. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. (MECHANIC REPLACED MAGS, PROP, AND DRAINED OIL AND FERRIED AIRCRAFT OUT FOR REPAIRS. THIS FORM HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED FROM PTRS AND FSIS INFORMATION ON NOV 28, 1995.