# Incident 20020308004199I: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, March 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N44RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44RT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020308004199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 2002, PIPER PA-18, N44RT DEPARTED LAKE HOOD. AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT NANCY LATHROP ELECTED TO LAND. UPON LANDING, THE LEFT DRAG STRUT BROKE; THE AIRCRAFT WAS HELD UPRIGHT BY THE SAFETY CABLE. GASCOLATOR WAS INSPECTED; A GREY SLUG WAS FOUND AND HAS BEEN SENT TO A LAB. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AFTER REPORT ON SLUG IS RECEIVED. NOTE: PILOT LATHROP CANNOT FIND HER LOG BOOK BUT WILL GET REGULATORY CHECK RIDE THIS WEEK. AMENDMENT 1 ENTERS REGULATORY CHECK RIDE DATE OF 04/03/2002.

## Other reports on N44RT (2)

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

- [Accident 20130812017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812017669A), Aug 12, 2013: Piper PA-18-150 (N44RT), Paxson, AK, Substantial damage. At approx 12:20 pm aircraft took off from round tangle lake enroute to anchorage. At approx 12:40 aircraft experienced a loss of power, in which the engine…
- [Incident 19780326010449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326010449I), Mar 26, 1978: Piper PA18 (N44RT), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot practicing touch and go landings touched down hard, veered off the runway and into a snowbank.

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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