# Accident 20080411831949A: Piper PA18150, Concrete, WA, April 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Concrete, WA
- Airport: Concrete Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5297° N, 121.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5297&lon=-121.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6845Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6845Z) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 500 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080411831949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT FOLLOWING THE SKAGIT RIVER IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. AT THIS POINT IN THE FLIGHT THERE WAS NO UNOBSTRUCTED LANDING AREA SO THE PILOT CHOSE TO LAND IN THE RIVER. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE RIVER AND FLIPPED OVER APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF THE CONCRETE AIRPORT. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 LAX08LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA099), Apr 11, 2008: Piper PA-18-150 (N6845Z), Concrete, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N6845Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20130620011579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130620011579A), Jun 20, 2013: Piper PA-18-150 (N6845Z), Cashmere, WA, Substantial damage. While practicing takeoff and landing at the Cashmere municipal airport Mr. Chamber stated he used too much brake and that caused the aircraft to nose over onto…

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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