# Accident 20040904021399A: Piper PA18A150, Blaine, WA, September 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2004, 19:09 local time
- Place: Blaine, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9722° N, 122.7486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9722&lon=-122.7486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2415P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2415P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 350 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040904021399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1909 HRS PDT TYLER GLAHN WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO JOHN BECKER IN TYLER GLAHN'S FLOAT EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18 N2415P IN DRAYTON HARBOR, BLAINE, WA. MR. GLAHN WAS PREPARING MR. BECKER FOR A FLOAT PLANE CHECK RIDE. AFTER PERFORMING SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO'S ON THE WATER, MR. BECKER TOOK OFF AND AT APPROXIMATELY 400 AGL MR. GLAHN PULLED THE POWER OFF SIMULATING AN ENGINE FAILURE. MR. BECKER MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A LANDING ON THE WATER. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE WATER MR. GLAHN BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT WAS STALLING AND PUSHED THE THROTTLE TO FULL POWER POSITION AND SHOVED THE STICK FORWARD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND CAME TO REST FLOATING INVERTED IN THE WATER. BOTH MR. GLAHN AND MR. BECKER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 SEA04LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA183), Sep 5, 2004: Piper PA-18 (N2415P), Blaine, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's inadequate remedial action during his student's final approach for a simulated engine out water landing.

## Other reports on N2415P (1)

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

- [Incident 20080119010549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080119010549I), Jan 19, 2008: Piper PA18A150 (N2415P), Willows, CA, Minor damage. (-23) At approx 1100HRS PST, N2415P, a Piper PA-18-A, lost engine power on short final to wlw's 34, and landed 1000 feet short of the rwy. No reported damage…

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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