# Accident 20030903025479A: Piper PA18150, Koliganek, AK, September 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Koliganek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.3325° N, 158.1036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3325&lon=-158.1036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4500W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4500W) (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: 170 total, 170 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030903025479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING NAKNEK, ALASKA ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 3, 2003, PILOT JAMES CORYELL LANDED ONCE AT LEVELOCK, TOOK OFF AND FLEW NORTHWEST. WHILE ENROUTE, HE NOTICED HIS CO2 DETECTOR TURNING BACK. DECIDING TO LAND AT A GRASS STRIP HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TO, HE TOUCHED DOWN GOING TOO FAST. ATTEMPTING A GO AROUND, HE TURNED WITHOUT SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED AND CRASHED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 ANC03LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA107), Sep 3, 2003: Piper PA-18 (N4500W), Koliganek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N4500W (3)

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

- [Accident 20260915012659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260915012659A), Sep 15, 2026: Piper PA-18-150 (N4500W), Roundup, MT, Substantial damage. On September 15, 2026, a Piper cub, PA-18 was landing at a back country landing area near grass range, Montana. Upon landing rollout, the aircraft rolled over…
- [Accident 20181027020999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181027020999A), Oct 27, 2018: Piper PA-18-150 (N4500W), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. On 10/27/2018 at 11:52 MDT, N4500W a Piper super cub PA-18-150 sustained substantial damage to its right wing after ground loop during landing rollout on…
- [Accident 19970401004939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970401004939A), Apr 1, 1997: Piper PA18150 (N4500W), Noatak, AK, Substantial damage. Nps pilot not flown for 3 months was practicing landings. Porposied. Ground looped. Damaged empannage.

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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