# Incident 20040505007789I: Piper PA18, Port Alsworth, AK, May 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2004
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1578° N, 154.3406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Alsworth, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1578&lon=-154.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N723C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N723C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040505007789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT ARE CURRENTLY ON AN EXTENDED TRIP AND COMMUNICATION WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE UNTIL MID JUNE. NTSB INVESTIGATOR CLINT JOHNSON REPORTS THAT A FOREST SERVICE PILOT INVESTIGATING AN ELT REPORTED AN AIRCRAFT EPISODE DOWN ON A REMOTE LANDING AREA NEAR LAKE CLARK, ALASKA. THIS INFORMATION WAS TRANSMITTED TO FAA AND NTSB. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT UPSIDE DOWN OR DAMAGED BUT THE ELT HAD BEEN ACTIVATED - EITHER DURING LANDING OR WHILE UNLOADING CARGO. NTSB HAS NOT CLASSIFIED THIS EVENT.

## Other reports on N723C (3)

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

- [Incident 20071002827369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071002827369I), Oct 2, 2007: Piper PA18 (N723C), Ivanof Bay, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he performed an off airport landing along a beach while out hunting in western Alaska near Ivanof Bay. Upon landing, the upper r/h main…
- [Accident 20060511008789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060511008789A), May 11, 2006: Piper PA18 (N723C), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was landing on an off airport beach. There was about an eight to ten knot headwind. Right after touchdown on the landing roll, an ocean swell…
- [Incident 20020929035829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929035829I), Sep 29, 2002: Piper PA18 (N723C), Ekwok, AK, No damage. (-23) While flying about at 700' AGL about 10 miles east of Ekwok pilot had an inflight separation of the last 18" of the propeller blade. Aircraft began to…

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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