# Accident 19970711020099A: Piper PA18150, Talkeetna, AK, July 11, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.4505° N, 149.7896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4505&lon=-149.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1961P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1961P) (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 PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711020099A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE. POWER LOSS. LANDED SOFT TERRAIN. NOSED OVER FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 ANC97LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA102), Jul 12, 1997: Piper PA-18 (N1961P), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: water contamination of the fuel supply. Soft, unsuitable terrain for the precautionary landing were factors.

## Other reports on N1961P (1)

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

- [Accident 19890623021619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890623021619A), Jun 23, 1989: Piper PA18150 (N1961P), Middletown, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Landed in a barley field and nosed over. Had inadvertently turned off fuel selector.

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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