# Accident 19940902025489A: Piper PA18, Tok, AK, September 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1994, 11:26 local time
- Place: Tok, AK
- Airport: Natahona Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FMAA
- Location: 63.1790° N, 143.1001° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1790&lon=-143.1001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8597D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8597D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 865 total, 410 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC94LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940902025489A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED AFTER EARLY LIFTOFF FROM REMOTE STRIP. CAMSHAFT 40 PERCENT WORN. PRIOR METAL IN SCREENS. POOR MAINTENANCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC94LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94LA129), Sep 2, 1994: Piper PA-18 (N8597D), Tok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE WORN CAM SHAFT LOBE AND WORN VALVE LIFTER.

## Other reports on N8597D (5)

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

- [Incident 20110827019019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110827019019I), Aug 27, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N8597D), Tok, AK, Minor damage. Ptrs#AL01201102955UPON takeoff from Tok, AK. Airport, the propeller lost 6 inches of one blade. Pilot made emergency landing on Alaska highway.
- [Accident 20060816017959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060816017959A), Aug 16, 2006: Piper PA18150 (N8597D), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman stated that on liftoff from a remote ridge line a 10 knot left crosswind caused him to drift to the right and the right wing struck a tree…
- [Accident 20040826018809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040826018809A), Aug 26, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N8597D), Johnson River, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during a landing at a bush strip the aircraft hit a rock collapsing the right gear leg. The right wing struck the ground causing…
- [Accident 20030907035159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907035159A), Sep 7, 2003: Piper PA18150 (N8597D), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] landed on ridge top, front seat only occupied, runway rough, applied brakes, allowed tail to rise too high angle, aircraft nosed…
- [Accident 19860611036352A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860611036352A), Jun 11, 1986: Piper PA18 (N8597D), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. During climb right wing and gear struck N96320 in float and propeller. Flipped over landing on a sand bar in river.

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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