# Incident 19940424009229I: Piper PA18A, Anchorage, AK, April 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1994, 20:25 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4581A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940424009229I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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