# Accident 20090515025199A: Piper PA-18-150, Kenai, AK, May 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N405TH) (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 PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090515025199A

## Narrative

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

TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH OWNER/PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 5/22/09.  AFTER LANDING ON A FRIEND'S DIRT/SANDY STRIP ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF KENAI, HE TAXIED TO THE END AND WHILE MANUEVERING AROUND HIS FRIEND'S A/C, THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE HIT A TREE ABOUT A FOOT INBOUND THE WING TIP.  THE PILOT EXAMINED THE DAMAGE AND FELT THE A/C WAS SAFE TO FLY.  HE THEN RETURNED TO SOLDOTNA AIRPORT (SXQ).  INITIALLY THE NTSB CLASSIFIED THIS  AS AN INCIDENT BUT LATER UPGRADED IT TO AN ACCIDENT.

## 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

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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