# Incident 19980507019889I: Piper PA18150, Unalakleet, AK, May 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Unalakleet, AK
- Airport: Unalakleet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8885° N, 160.7991° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNALAKLEET (UNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8885&lon=-160.7991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57698, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57698) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2A (registry code 42137, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 900 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980507019889I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING AROUND AN INCOMING AIRCRAFT, 57698 STRUCK SIGN BENDING THE PROP AND DENTING THE BOOT COWL.

## Other reports on N57698 (2)

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

- [Accident 19940909026189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940909026189A), Sep 9, 1994: Piper PA18150 (N57698), Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing tundra tire equipped cub on tundra. Had a quartering tail wind. Ground looped.
- [Incident 19860811061129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860811061129I), Aug 11, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N57698), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Main gear collapsed after landing, gear was damaged on the previous takeoff.

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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