# Accident 19980718024459A: Piper PA18A135, Kodiak, AK, July 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1998, 15:54 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak/Lily/Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7898° N, 152.4003° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7898&lon=-152.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8162C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A135
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,670 total, 10,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980718024459A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COUGHED ON CLIMBOUT. USED CARB HEAT ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. TOOK HEAT OFF. ENGINE QUIT. BUCKLED FLOATS LANDING. (.4)THE PILOT TAXIED WITH CARBURETOR HEAT ON, AND REMOVED IT JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF FROM A LAKE. THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AT 300 FEET ABOVE THE WATER DURING TAKEOFF. THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. THE PILOT REMOVED CARBURETOR HEAT, AND THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON A GRAVEL ROAD AT THE END OF THE LAKE, COLLAPSING THE STRUTS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE, ENGINE, AND CARBURETOR REVEALED NO ANOMALIES. THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY ON A TEST STAND. THE TEMPERATURE DEW POINT COMBINATION FALLS WITHIN THE 'MODERATE ICING - CRUISE POWER' RANGE OF THE TRANSPORT CANADA CARBURETOR ICING CHART.                                         (-23) ON JULY 18, 1998, AT 1554 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLOAT EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18 AIRPLANE, N8162C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE LILY LAKE SEAPLANE BASE, KODIAK, ALASKA. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE SOLE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AS A PERSONAL FLIG                                  HT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR ON JULY 18, 1998, THAT HE TAXIED WITH CARBURETOR HEAT APPLIED, AND HAD A NORMAL RUNUP AND MAGNETO CHECK PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. HE PERFORMED A TAKEOFF WITH CARBURETOR HEAT OFF, AND DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, THE ENGINE "COUGHED." HE SAID HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. HE STATED THAT HE THEN REMOVED CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO TURN BACK TO THE LAKE, SO HE LANDED ON A ROAD AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE LAKE. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE FLOATS CONTACTED SOFT GRAVEL, AND THE FLOAT STRUTS AND FUSELAGE BUCKLED.

## 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 ANC98LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA102), Jul 18, 1998: Piper PA-18 (N8162C), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot's improper use of the carburetor heat control. A factor associated with the accident is the rough and uneven terrain at the forced…

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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