# Accident 20060816017959A: Piper PA18150, Tok, AK, August 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Tok, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FMAA
- Location: 63.9144° N, 143.5142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.9144&lon=-143.5142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8597D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8597D) (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 IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 223 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060816017959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN STATED THAT ON LIFTOFF FROM A REMOTE RIDGE LINE A 10 KNOT LEFT CROSSWIND CAUSED HIM TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE ALONGSIDE THE STRIP. THE TREE STRIKE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE TO THE RIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE SURFACE STRIKING THE LEFT GEAR AND CRUMPLING IT. THE RIGHT REAR WING SPAR IS BENT AND THE LEFT WING TIP SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED

## 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 ANC06CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA115), Aug 16, 2006: Piper PA-18 (N8597D), Tok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.

## Other reports on N8597D (5)

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

- [Incident 20110827019019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110827019019I), Aug 27, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N8597D), Tok, AK, Minor damage. Ptrs#AL01201102955UPON takeoff from Tok, AK. Airport, the propeller lost 6 inches of one blade. Pilot made emergency landing on Alaska highway.
- [Accident 20040826018809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040826018809A), Aug 26, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N8597D), Johnson River, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during a landing at a bush strip the aircraft hit a rock collapsing the right gear leg. The right wing struck the ground causing…
- [Accident 20030907035159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907035159A), Sep 7, 2003: Piper PA18150 (N8597D), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] landed on ridge top, front seat only occupied, runway rough, applied brakes, allowed tail to rise too high angle, aircraft nosed…
- [Accident 19940902025489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940902025489A), Sep 2, 1994: Piper PA18 (N8597D), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. Settled after early liftoff from remote strip. Camshaft 40 percent worn. Prior metal in screens. Poor maintenance.
- [Accident 19860611036352A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860611036352A), Jun 11, 1986: Piper PA18 (N8597D), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. During climb right wing and gear struck N96320 in float and propeller. Flipped over landing on a sand bar in river.

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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