# Incident 19960629025069I: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, June 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1996, 09:20 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- 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: N7288K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7288K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 230 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629025069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 29, 1996, AT ABOUT 0900 ADT, A WHEEL EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18, OWNED AND PILOTED BY CRAIG T. HARTMAN WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING ATTEMPT AT AN UNNAMED BEACH NEAR TYONEK THAT RESULTED IN INCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. HE WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR 91 AND CARRIED ONE PASSENGER. MR. HARTMAN STATED THAT HE CIRCLED THE LANDING AREA 5 OR 6 TIMES AND PERFORMED TWO LOW APPROACHES LOOKING FOR ANY OBSTRUCTIONS. NONE WERE SEEN BY EITHER HE OR HIS PASSENGER. APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE SAID HE FELT A BIG THUMP. HE IMMEDIATELY POWERED UP AND MADE A TAKEOFF. AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, HE SAID THE RIGHT GEAR WAS POINTING STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE FUSELAGE. MR. HARTMAN THEN CONTACTED ANCHORAGE ATC FOR CLEARANCE BACK TO ANCHORAGE. HE LANDED AT ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL ON RUNWAY 24R WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. MR. HARTMAN WAS COUNSELED ON LANDING PROCEDURES ON ROUGH, OFF-AIRPORT SITES.

## Other reports on N7288K (1)

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

- [Incident 20230706008359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230706008359I), Jul 6, 2023: Piper PA-18 (N7288K), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing aircraft in a crosswind to position for takeoff on pike lake, approximately 6 miles east of pakn, the pilot performed an evasive maneuver to…

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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