# Accident 20010625039939A: Piper PA18150, Koliganek, AK, June 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2001, 19:20 local time
- Place: Koliganek, AK
- Airport: Koliganek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0000° N, 156.7156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0000&lon=-156.7156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7050 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 680 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01GA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01GA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010625039939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 25, 2001 A FLOAT EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18-150 REGISTERED TO THE STATE OF ALASKA, PILOTED BY JAMES MOEN A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, CRASHED 10 MILES NE OF KOLIGANEK, ALASKA AIRSTRIP. NTSB AND FAA INSPECTORS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE JUNE 26, 2001 AND STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURY. LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS SELECTED ON THE LEFT TANK.

## 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 ANC01GA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01GA075), Jun 26, 2001: Piper PA-18-150 (N7050), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of the incorrect fuel tank, subsequent fuel starvation, and inadvertent stall during initial climb. Factors associated with the accident were inadequate transition training, and…

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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