# Accident 20020814020049A: Piper PA18150, Skwentna, AK, August 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2002, 17:50 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: Skwentna Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9500° N, 151.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9500&lon=-151.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4065Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814020049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER DEPARTED LAKE HOOD AIRPORT (LHD), ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, ON AUGUST 14, 2002, ENROUTE TO SKWENTNA AIRPORT (SKW), SKWENTNA, ALASKA. THE PILOT CANCELED HIS FLIGHT PLAN ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM SKW ON AUGUST 14, 2002, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED OVERDUE BY MRS. SCHENKENBERGER ON AUGUST 16, 2002. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND IN TREES ABOUT 2000 FEET FROM SKW AIRPORT. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 ANC02FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02FA097), Aug 14, 2002: Piper PA-18 (N4065Z), Skwentna, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while on approach to land, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent collision with trees.

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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