# Accident 20000902042319A: Piper PA18125, Mcgrath, AK, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 08:00 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.6096° N, 154.7792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.6096&lon=-154.7792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10572, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10572) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18125
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 800 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902042319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2000, ABOUT 0800 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18 TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED AIRPLANE, N10572, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF FROM AN OFF AIRPORT GRAVEL BAR ABOUT 86 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MCGRATH, ALASKA AT 62 DEGREES, 01 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE, 135 DEGREES, 19 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. THE SOLO PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT, RETURNING TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOLD THE INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ON SEPTEMBER 2, THAT DURING HIS PREFLIGHT HE NOTED FROST ON THE WINGS AND TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRPLANE. HE DESCRIBED REMOVING THE FROST WITH A ROPE, AND HE BELIEVED HE HAD ADEQUATELY CLEANED THE LIFTING SURFACES. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE HAD ABOUT 32 GALLONS OF FUEL, AND 75 POUNDS OF SURVIVAL GEAR ON BOARD. THE PILOT SAID THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED TO BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, AND THEN THE RIGHT WING STALLED. HE SAID THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CARTWHEELED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BELIEVED FROST ONTHE AIRPLANE'S WINGS CAUSED THE STALL. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, TAIL ASSEMBLY, AND EMPENNAGE.

## 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 ANC00LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA112), Sep 2, 2000: Piper PA-18 (N10572), Mcgrath, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate removal of frost from the airplane, and the inadvertent stall during takeoff. A factor was wind gusts.

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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