# Accident 20040916024279A: Piper PA18150, Slana, AK, September 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2004, 18:30 local time
- Place: Slana, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.6833° N, 143.8667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.6833&lon=-143.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82491, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82491) (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: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040916024279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO UNIMPROVED STRIP WHEN, JUST SHORT OF TOUCHDOWN, A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE LANDING RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE CRASHING TO THE GROUND.

## 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 ANC04LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA110), Sep 17, 2004: Piper PA-18 (N82491), Slana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions during landing, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a loss of control, and subsequent collision with trees during an…

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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