# Incident 20071027826649I: Piper PA18A150, Anchorage, AK, October 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2007, 15:05 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9368D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9368D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071027826649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ON PHONE INTERVIEW AND LATER ON SIGNED STATEMENT THAT HE WAS ON HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO AT LAKE HOOD GRAVEL STRIP. AIRCRAFT WAS EMPTY WITH NO PAX AND NO CARGO, BRAKES WERE PUMPED UP FIRM FROM PREVIOUS FLYING IN ALEUTAIN CHAIN. UPON LANDING PILOT APPLIED BRAKES TO TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED CUB AND AFTER HITTING A PATCH OF ICE ON RUNWAY CONTACTED BARE GRAVEL; AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE. POWER WAS IDLE AND PROP STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. PILOT GOT OUT, PUSHED THE TAIL BACK DOWN AND CONTINUED TO TAXI TO HIS TIEDOWN ON STRIP A SHORT DISTANCE FROM INCIDENT. DAMAGE CONFINED TO ONE SLIGHTLY BENT PROP BLADE AND SLIGHTLY DENTED LEFT HAND WING LEADING EDGE.

## Other reports on N9368D (2)

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

- [Incident 20190506004059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506004059I), May 6, 2019: Piper PA-18A 150 (N9368D), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. On 5/6/2019, the incident aircraft (model: PA-18) was running at idle with a dog in the baggage area when the operator realized he forgot to lock his truck and…
- [Incident 19830529033379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830529033379I), May 29, 1983: Piper PA18A150 (N9368D), St Marys, AK, Minor damage. Wheels hit the water on a takeoff attempt from a sand bar. Aircraft flipped over.

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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