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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Talkeetna, AK · September 30, 2006

Date
September 30, 2006 · 15:00 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Airport
Talkeetna Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6195D
Reported as
Piper PA18A150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total40 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Phone interview with the pilot privacy data omitted 10-20-06, she stated that she was on a training flight with privacy data omitted (CFI). The pilot ^priv^ stated that they had been flying about 3 hours doing maneuvers and touch and gos in the Talkeetna area. After a take off from village air strip climbing to 3,000 feet, at about 2,500 feet they smelled smoke in the cockpit. CFI ^priv^ took control of the aircraft and was turning to proceed back to the airstrip when there was a loud bang and the engine quit. CFI ^priv^ made a dead stick landing on the Talkeetna spur road mile 6 near fish lake. The landing was hard and it damaged the right hydrostab. Phone interview with privacy data omitted 10-20-06, Talkeetna air indicated that it appeared that a rod had come out the side of the engine case. The hydrostab was being replaced and a new engine was being ordered for the aircraft. Phone interview with CFI privacy data omitted 10-23-06 indicated the same series of events that the pilot privacy data omitted had given.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ 10-20-06, SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA^ (CFI). THE PILOT ^PRIV^ STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN FLYING ABOUT 3 HOURS DOING MANEUVERS AND TOUCH AND GOS IN THE TALKEETNA AREA. AFTER A TAKE OFF FROM VILLAGE AIR STRIP CLIMBING TO 3,000 FEET, AT ABOUT 2,500 FEET THEY SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. CFI ^PRIV^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS TURNING TO PROCEED BACK TO THE AIRSTRIP WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE ENGINE QUIT. CFI ^PRIV^ MADE A DEAD STICK LANDING ON THE TALKEETNA SPUR ROAD MILE 6 NEAR FISH LAKE. THE LANDING WAS HARD AND IT DAMAGED THE RIGHT HYDROSTAB. PHONE INTERVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ 10-20-06, TALKEETNA AIR INDICATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT A ROD HAD COME OUT THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE CASE. THE HYDROSTAB WAS BEING REPLACED AND A NEW ENGINE WAS BEING ORDERED FOR THE AIRCRAFT. PHONE INTERVIEW WITH CFI ^PRIVACY DATA^ 10-23-06 INDICATED THE SAME SERIES OF EVENTS THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAD GIVEN.

Other reports on N6195D · 5

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