# Incident 20060910018149I: Piper PA18135, Knik Glacier, AK, September 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Knik Glacier, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1366C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1366C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060910018149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HIS AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON A REMOTE AIRSTRIP NEAR THE KNIK GLACIER, ALASKA, THE WIND STARTED TO INCREASE AND BECAME VERY GUSTY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN TIED DOWN UPON HIS ARRIVAL ON A RECREATIONAL TRIP. HE RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT TO ATTEMPT TYING IT DOWN TO SOME NEARBY ALDER TREES. HE STATED THAT HE STARTED THE AIRPLANE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPOSITION NEAR THE TREES. USING POWER HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE INTO A DOWN WIND CONDITION ATTEMPTING TO GET TO THE ALDERS. A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE WHILE IN A DOWN WIND CONDITION CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK. THERE WAS A SLIGHT BEND IN THE PROPELLER AND THE TIP OF RUDDER WAS SLIGHTLY BENT.

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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