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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Aialik Glacier, AK · July 13, 2003

Date: July 13, 2003 · 16:16 local
Place: Aialik Glacier, AK
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6996D
Reported as: Piper PA18150
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total6,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N6996DRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-5527 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1DReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Mr. James baum stated that he had landed on a beach with his girlfriend and after getting out, he discovered that there were some soft spots in the sand and he elected to move the aircraft to higher ground. In the process of doing this, he hit some rocks and the aircraft overturned. He also stated that the tide came in and moved the aircraft around quite a bit more and did some more damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. JAMES BAUM STATED THAT HE HAD LANDED ON A BEACH WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND AFTER GETTING OUT, HE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE SOME SOFT SPOTS IN THE SAND AND HE ELECTED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO HIGHER GROUND. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS, HE HIT SOME ROCKS AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE TIDE CAME IN AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND QUITE A BIT MORE AND DID SOME MORE DAMAGE.

Other reports on N6996D · 3

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

Accident 19950909032629AGo Round (Aborted VFR) · Palmer, AKDuring second low pass over remote strip in rain, failed to note rising terrain. Banked away but struck tundra.Sep 9, 1995 · Substantial damage Incident 19950806022279ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Fairwell, AKNarrative: I don't understand why this was down-graded to an incident. This pilot took off, his engine quit, and he crashed into the trees upside down. [privacy data omitted]Aug 6, 1995 · Substantial damage Accident 19910809033289ASparrevohn, AKAircraft crashed on takeoff.Aug 9, 1991 · Substantial damage