# Incident 19990206011309I: Piper PA22160, Wasilla, AK, February 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1999, 14:55 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8729D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8729D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 60 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990206011309I

## Narrative

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

LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILED ON TAXI, AIRCRAFT ON SKIS, LAKE DRIFTED. NOTE: TEMP, WAS APPROXIMATELY -35 F. PROP WAS BENT AND LEFT WING SPAR'S BENT. PILOT ADVISED THAT HE WOULD NEED A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT AND AN INSPEC. BY AN A AND P MECH. TO FLY A/C TO MAINT. BASE.

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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