# Accident 20000501009409A: Piper PA18150, Cape Krusenster, AK, May 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2000, 05:30 local time
- Place: Cape Krusenster, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.2409° N, 161.1907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.2409&lon=-161.1907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3935Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3935Z-2017-03-10) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000501009409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT RT WING CONTACTED THE TUNDRA APP. 40 MILES NORTH NORTH WEST OF OTZ. MAY 1, 2000, AT 0530 HRS ENROUTE TO OTZ FROM KIUALINA WHALE CAMP.  AIRCRAFT WAS SITED BY A SNOWMOBILE DRIVER AND CALLED IN BY MARINE RADIO, AND THE TROOPERS WERE NOTIFIED AT 1900 HRS ALASKA TIME.  A DENSE FOG BANK HAD MOVED INTO THE AREA AND OTZ WAS IMC, WEATHER CONDITIONS.  ONE PERSON ON BOARD AND APP. 300LBS OF MUKTUK.  THIS ACCIDEN WAS FATAL.  PILOT WENT OUT FOR AUTOPSY.  NTSB SCOTT FRICKSON WAS ON SCENE.

## 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 ANC00FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA052), May 1, 2000: Piper PA-18 (N3935Z), Kotzebue, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were weather…

## Other reports on N3935Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19860320007059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860320007059A), Mar 20, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N3935Z), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Crashed on landing. Details are unknown as pilot has not contacted FAA or NTSB. State troopers unable to locate him

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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