# Accident 20080908850779A: Piper PA18135, September 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2008
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.5022° N, 148.5197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.5022&lon=-148.5197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9950Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9950Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080908850779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRMAN SAID THAT THE SITE WAS SLIGHTLY UPHILL, AND THAT AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, HE ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE AIRSPEED BY "DROPPING FLAPS, AND LOWERING THE NOSE."  HE SAID THAT DUE TO RISING TERRAIN, HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE DOWNWIND, AND THE AIRPLANE "SANK".  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TUNDRA, AND NOSED OVER.  HE SAID THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC08CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA119), Sep 8, 2008: Piper PA-18-135 (N9950Q), Coldfoot, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain/maintain sufficient flying speed during initial climb.

## Other reports on N9950Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20050812023329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812023329A), Aug 12, 2005: Piper PA18135 (N9950Q), Chandalar Lake, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] landed at your creek, AK. Aircraft landed long, and overran landing surface into muskeg, and overnosed. Slight damage to…
- [Incident 19860808055939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860808055939I), Aug 8, 1986: Piper PA18135 (N9950Q), Sutton, AK, Minor damage. Left main gear fell in hole while taxiing on a Private strip.

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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