# Incident 20030713018349I: Piper PA18150, Aialik Glacier, AK, July 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2003, 16:16 local time
- Place: Aialik Glacier, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6996D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6996D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 6,000 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/20030713018349I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19950909032629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950909032629A), Sep 9, 1995: Piper PA18150 (N6996D), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. During second low pass over remote strip in rain, failed to note rising terrain. Banked away but struck tundra.
- [Incident 19950806022279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950806022279I), Aug 6, 1995: Piper PA18150 (N6996D), Fairwell, AK, Substantial damage. Narrative: 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.…
- [Accident 19910809033289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910809033289A), Aug 9, 1991: Piper PA18 (N6996D), Sparrevohn, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed on takeoff.

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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