# Incident 19970828030389I: Piper PA18150, Gilford, NH, August 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Gilford, NH
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5476° N, 71.4067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilford, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5476&lon=-71.4067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9401P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9401P) (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 IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 700 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970828030389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 28, 1997, AT 1730 EDT N9401P PILOTED BY WARREN R. LUMPKINS, LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF FROM THE LILY POND AT LACONIA AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE POND WHEREBY ITS FORWARD MOMENTUM CAUSED IT TO EXIT THE POND AND COME TO REST IN A MARHSY, SWAMPY AREA. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO PILOT. AIRCRAFT HAD STC FOR AUTO GAS WHICH WAS BEING USED. THERE WAS WATER IN THE FUEL ALSO, THE HUMIDITY WAS HIGH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENGINE LATER CHECKED OK.

## Other reports on N9401P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810517041659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517041659I), May 17, 1981: Piper PA18150 (N9401P), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. Pilot stalled aircraft too high on landing flare resulting in hard landing and damage to prop and right gear strut.

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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