# Incident 20000430021069I: Piper PA18135, Trading Bay, AK, April 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Trading Bay, AK
- Airport: Trading Bay Production Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8169° N, 151.7997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRADING BAY PRODUCTION (5AK0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8169&lon=-151.7997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9963Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9963Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000430021069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE LANDED IN WHAT APPEARED THIN SNOW OVER ICE. AFTER LANDING, DISCOVERED SNOW ABOUT 8 INCHES DEEP. HE AND PASSENGER TRAMPED OUT A RUNWAY AND DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT SLID OFF NARROW TRACK AND PROP STRUCK SNOW. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY, UNDER A FERRY PERMIT, TO WICK'S AIRCRAFT REPAIR. ENGINE WAS CHECKED AND NO DAMAGE FOUND.

## Other reports on N9963Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20010818036269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010818036269A), Aug 18, 2001: Piper PA18135 (N9963Q), Knikglacier, AK, No damage. (-23) On August 18, 2001, a tundra wheel equipped Piper PA-18, N9963Q, piloted by darrell jelle was involved in an aircraft accident at the foot of the knik…
- [Accident 20000614042709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614042709A), Jun 14, 2000: Piper PA18135 (N9963Q), Sky Ranch, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing on an unimproved strip that he had landed at 5 times previously. He had walked the strip prior to first landing, winds had changed and…

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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