# Accident 20000927041859A: Piper PA18105SPEC, Slana, AK, September 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Slana, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.7069° N, 143.9611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slana, AK, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.7069&lon=-143.9611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5489H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5489H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (registry code 7101808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105SPEC
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 131 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927041859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAS STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A LOW PASS WITH AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH 31" TUNDRA TIRES OVER A UNAPPROVED RUNWAY THAT WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. HIS WHEELS CONTACTED THE SNOW. WHEN THE WHEELS DID HIT HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY FULL POWER, BUT STILL LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5489H (1)

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

- [Accident 20210515009749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210515009749A), May 15, 2021: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (N5489H), Gakona, AK, Substantial damage. In cruise, power began to gradually decrease and rolled back to idle. After several seconds, mixture leaned out, engine went to cutoff, forcing a gliding…

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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