# Incident 19960807027869I: Piper PA14, Cooper Landing, AK, August 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1996, 07:45 local time
- Place: Cooper Landing, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4900° N, 149.8342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cooper Landing, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4900&lon=-149.8342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4291H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4291H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807027869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING, THE PIC TAXIED TO A BEACH AREA TO SECURE THE AIRPLANE. HEADING TOWARD THE BEACH, THE PIC STATED HE REALIZED THE WATER LEVEL WAS VERY HIGH. THE PIC ADDED POWER TO TURN AWAY FROM THE BEACH LOCATION. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOW IN A RIVER WITH A FAST RUNNING CURRENT. THE CURRENT CARRIED THE AIRPLANE TOWARD A BRIDGE PILING. THE LEFT FLOAT HIT THE PILING. THE PIC STOPPED THE ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED BETWEEN THE PILINGS SCRAPING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. CLEARING THE BRIDGE PILING, THE RIVER OPENING BECAME WIDER AND THE CURRENT SLOWED. THE PIC STARTED THE AIRPLANE AND TAXIED TO A BEACH AREA AND SECURED THE AIRPLANE. THE PIC FOUND A TELEPHONE AND CALLED ROC TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS INSPECTED BY THE OWNERS A & P AND FERRIED BACK TO SOLDOTNA FOR THE MINOR REPAIRS. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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