# Accident 20040905022089A: Piper PA18150, Cantwell, AK, September 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2004, 19:00 local time
- Place: Cantwell, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3917° N, 148.9508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cantwell, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3917&lon=-148.9508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9796P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9796P-2011-09-14) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,634 total, 2,634 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040905022089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2004 ABOUT 1900 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, AIRCRAFT N9796P, A PIPER PA-18-150 WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE FOLLOWING A FORCED LANDING ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTWELL, ALASKA. THE SOLO PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE PILOTS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP ABOUT 1840, AND WAS ENROUTE TO ANOTHER LOCAL, PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN THE SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE FLOORBOARDS NEAR THE PILOT SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT AN AIRSTRIP BUT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE BRUSHES ABOUT 200 YARDS SHORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. PERSONNEL FROM A HUNTING GUIDE'S CAMP NEAR THE STRIP ASSISTED THE PILOT IN EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N9796P (2)

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

- [Accident 19910826036779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910826036779A), Aug 26, 1991: Piper PA18150 (N9796P), Aspen Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Lost partial power and crashed during takeoff. Cause unknown. No defects found.
- [Accident 19801018067399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801018067399A), Oct 18, 1980: Piper PA18 (N9796P), Fornillo, TX, Substantial damage. Dragged wing tip on fence post looking at cattle in feedlot, impact severed aileron, crash landed.

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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