# Incident 20020524010739I: Piper PA18150, Millinocket, ME, May 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6592° N, 68.6981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millinocket, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6592&lon=-68.6981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2422H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2422H) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020524010739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N2422H, PA-18-150, A SUPER CUB ON FLOATS, UPON DEPARTURE FROM AN ISLAND AT RAINBOW LAKE, LOCATED IN TR R11 WELS (RAINBOW TWO), ABOUT 20NM WEST OF MILLINOCKET, MAINE. A MOUNTAIN RAINSTORM WAS APPROACHING. THE PILOT TAXIED THE FLOATPLANE TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE ISLAND. WHEN ADDING POWER TO TURN INTO THE WIND, THE PLANE ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDS, LIFTING THE LEFT WING UP IN THE AIR FORCING THE RIGHT WING TO HIT THE WATER AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE-DIVE AND FLIP OVER.

## Other reports on N2422H (1)

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

- [Incident 19800630056599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800630056599I), Jun 30, 1980: Piper PA18150 (N2422H), Everett, WA, Minor damage. Pilot landed on a beach area to put out a fire. Having succeeded, he started takeoff. Tire blew, aborted.

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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