# Accident 20100507039459A: Piper PA-18-150, Cape Yakataga, AK, May 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Cape Yakataga, AK
- Airport: Yakataga
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0808° N, 142.4955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YAKATAGA (0AA1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0808&lon=-142.4955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90918, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90918-2021-12-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100507039459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON LANDING AT CAPE YAKATAGA. 2 POB, NO INJURIES. PILOT IS NOT OWNER OF AIRCRAFT. OWNER STATED HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED OR WHERE AIRCRAFT IS. PILOT STATED TO A LOCAL OBSERVER THAT THE BRAKES HAD LOCKED. THE PASSENGER SAID THEY HAD HIT A LOG. PILOT IS NOT CERTIFICATED. SEE EIR#1991AL030143 FOR PREVIOUS VIOLATION. ACFT DAMAGE CLASSIFIED AS SUBSTANTIAL. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. RT WING BENT AT A 45 DEGREE OUTBOARD OF LIFT STRUT RT HORIZONTAL STAB DAMAGED. ATTEMPTED LANDING ON BEACH, HIT KNOWN OBJECT COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR LEG.

## 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

## Other reports on N90918 (2)

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

- [Accident 19890422010109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890422010109A), Apr 22, 1989: Piper PA18150 (N90918), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped on landing.
- [Incident 19880515043249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515043249I), May 15, 1988: Piper PA18150 (N90918), Dillingham, AK. During crosswind landing pilot lost directional control. Acft veered off runway onto a road and stopped on tundra.

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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