# Accident 20090425025149A: Piper PA-18-135, Palmer, AK, April 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2009, 17:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5947° N, 149.0886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5947&lon=-149.0886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3256B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3256B-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425025149A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OBSERVED WATER SKIING HIS PA-18 AROUND 20 FEET FROM BYSTANDERS. A VIDEO WAS MADE OF THIS. SHORTLY AFTER THE VIDEO WAS MADE, N3256B, THE PA-18^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING CRASHED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ISN'T A CERTIFICATED PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HAS REFUSED TO TALK WITH THE FAA.

## 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 ANC09LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA035), Apr 26, 2009: Piper PA-18-135 (N3256B), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot’s decision to attempt to "ski" atop a water-covered tidal area in an airplane equipped with over-sized main landing gear tires, resulting in a loss of control and a nose…

## Other reports on N3256B (1)

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

- [Incident 19931004037689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931004037689I), Oct 4, 1993: Piper PA18135 (N3256B), Port Heiden, AK, Substantial damage. While attempting to taxi to a more secured area a very strong wind blew the aircraft over. No attempt to fly.

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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