# Accident 20090918025619A: Piper PA-18-125, Nabesna, AK, September 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Nabesna, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.2747° N, 142.8833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.2747&lon=-142.8833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1169A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1169A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (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-18-125
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,766 total, 8,419 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090918025619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DEPARTING RIVER BAR WITH ONE PASSENGER. WINDS WERE LIGHT BUT SHIFTING. AFTER LIFTOFF PILOT REALIZED THAT WIND HAD SHIFTED AND WAS NOW A TAILWIND. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. PILOT REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR OBSTACLES AHEAD AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. AIRRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF END OF SANDBAR ONTO BRUSH AND SMALL TREES. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WINGS AND TAIL SURFACES. NEITHER PILOT NOR PASSENGER WERE INJURED.THE WEATHER WAS VMC WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.

## 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 ANC09LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA103), Sep 18, 2009: Piper PA-18 (N1169A), Nabesna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area with an unfavorable wind.

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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