# Incident 20100216005309I: Piper PA-18-150, Anchorage, AK, February 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2010, 11:14 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1661P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1661P) (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: 8,250 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100216005309I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM LAKE HOOD, AND DURING 2500 FEET AT CRUISE, OIL TEMPERATURE STARTED INCREASING. OIL TEMPERATURE CONTINUED INCREASE FROM 170 THRU 200 TO 240 DEGREES. POWER WAS BEING REDUCED FROM 2500 RPM TO 1800 RPM WITH CARB HEAT "ON", THE TEMPERATURE REMAINED OVER 240. PILOT CONTACTED "ATC" TO REPORT A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. AT 1500 RPM DURING LANDING, LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WITH A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE LANDING WAS AT "FLAT HORN" LAKE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER ADDING 3 QUARTS OF OIL, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. A SATELLITE PHONE WAS USED TO CONTACT RECOVERY PERSONNEL.

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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