# Incident 19980305005839I: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, March 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1998, 03:21 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N9386D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9386D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980305005839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ALASKA STATE TROOPER WAS FLYING A SEIZED PA-18 SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT FROM PILOT POINT TO LAKE HOOD. EVERYTIME HE PULLED CARB HEAT HE LOST POWER AND HAD TROUBLE REGAINING POWER. FINALLY ON APPROACH TO LAND AT LAKE HOOD, CARB HEAT WAS AGAIN PULLED AND THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND THE PILOT GLIDED TO LAKE HOOD AND LANDED. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING (NO DAMAGE) HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND TAXI TO OFFICE OF AIRCRAFT SERVICES (OAS).

## Other reports on N9386D (1)

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

- [Incident 19791014052809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791014052809I), Oct 14, 1979: Piper PA18 (N9386D), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Pilot made 180 degree turn after landing, wind tipped the aircraft up on nose and a wing tip.

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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