# Accident 20080303012729A: Piper PA18150, Farewell Lake, AK, March 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Farewell Lake, AK
- Airport: Farewell Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5425° N, 153.6225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAREWELL LAKE (FKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5425&lon=-153.6225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N985W) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 650 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080303012729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM FAREWELL LAKE IN THE DIRECTION OF FAREWELL LODGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT FIFTY FEET IN THE AIR THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING THEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT AN OUTBUILDING AT THE LODGE. LAST REGULATORY CHECK RIDE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER DETERMINATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N985W (1)

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

- [Accident 20150604008722A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150604008722A), Jun 4, 2015: Piper PA-18-150 (N985W), Mccarthy, AK, Minor damage. On June 4, 2015, about 1100 Alaska daylight time, the pilot-in-command of N985W, a Piper PA-18-150 airplane, was struck by the spinning propeller while…

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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