# Accident 20080819844009A: Piper PA18150, Slana, AK, August 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2008, 05:30 local time
- Place: Slana, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5333° N, 143.2333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5333&lon=-143.2333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4151T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4151T) (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: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08TA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08TA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080819844009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMEN STATED THAT AFTER ADVANCING THROTTLE FOR DEPARTURE HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE TAIL AND THE A/C. HE OBSERVED A SHORT WILLOW BUSH AHEAD AND TO THE RIGHT. HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND THE A/C DID NOT RESPOND, HE THEN APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT HE DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, AS HE REDUCED POWER AND APPLIED BRAKING THE A/C BEGAN STRIKING TALLER WILLOWS, THE RIGHT WING THEN STRUCK A TREE AND SPUN THE A/C 90 DEGREES. THE A/C CONTINUED TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS UNTIL IT STRUCK A TREE WITH ITS LEFT WING AND CAME TO A STOP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ANC08TA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08TA107), Aug 19, 2008: Piper PA-18-150 (N4151T), Slana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff.

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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