# Incident 20000904029869I: Piper PA20135, Anchorage, AK, September 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2000, 14:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8725C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8725C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904029869I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT, EQUIPPED WITH EDO 89-1650 FLOATS, NOSED OVER AND SANK DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF ON LAKE HOOD, ALASKA. WHILE TAXING AND WAITING FOR TAKEOFF, THE NOSE BUMPER SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT FLOAT WHICH PERMITTED SOME OF THE WOOD SCREWS USED TO ATTACH THE BUMPER TO THE FLOAT TO FALL OUT ALLOWING TO FLOW INTO THE FRONT FLOAT COMPARTMENT.  THIS LOSS OF FLOATATION PERMITTTED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND ROLL ONTO ITS BACK AND SINK.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EXITED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SWAM TO SHORE.

## Other reports on N8725C (1)

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

- [Accident 19770821018929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770821018929A), Aug 21, 1977: Piper PA20135 (N8725C), Oshetna River, AK, Substantial damage

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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