# Incident 19990905035059I: Piper PA18150, Kotzebue, AK, September 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1999, 21:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3086Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3086Z) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,646 total, 3,646 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990905035059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOCATED AT CAMP SITE NEAR DIRTSTRIP. PILOT REPORTED HE WOULD TAKE THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO FUEL CACHE AT OPPOSITE END OF DIRT STRIP AND REFUEL FOR THE NEXT DAYS FLIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING.  HE STARTED A/C AND TAXIED DOWN STRIP AND SAID HE HAD A TAIL WIND DOWN THE STRIP BUT AS HE WAS TURNING AROUND THE A/C ENOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND AND HE GROUND LOOPED THE PLANE AS HE TURNED INTO THE WIND.  DAMAGED L/H WING IN BOARD AS FOR THE STRUT AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS BENT.  PIC HOURS FORTHCOMING.

## Other reports on N3086Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19960916028589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916028589A), Sep 16, 1996: Piper PA18150 (N3086Z), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed on landing. (.4)the pilot landed the airplane on the gravel bar and during the landing roll the right wheel hit a soft spot in the gravel bar.…

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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