# Accident 20001008041829A: Piper PA18150, Dillingham, AK, October 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CY6C
- Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4882P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001008041829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 8, 2000, ABOUT 1500 LCL TIME, A TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18 AIRPLANE, N4882P, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM AN UNIMPROVED SNOW-COVERED BENCH. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) COMMERCIAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE ATP CERTIFICATED PILOT AND THE SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DEPARTING FROM THE TOP OF A SMALL MOUNTAIN AND THE WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED OFF THE BENCH BY THE WIND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON BOTH WINGS AND A PROP STRIKE WITH FULL POWER.

## 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

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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