# Accident 20100909047579A: Piper PA-18-150, Tok, AK, September 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2010, 05:30 local time
- Place: Tok, AK
- Airport: Tok Junction
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.0694° N, 141.9514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0694&lon=-141.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83395, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83395) (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 certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,320 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100909047579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING A SEVERE DOWNDRAFT NEAR TERRAIN, AIRPLANE MADE CONTACT WITH TREE TOPS.  PILOT NOTED DAMAGED LANDING GEAR, PROCEEDED TO TOK AIRPORT.  GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE.

## 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 ANC10CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA096), Sep 9, 2010: Piper PA-18-150 (N83395), Chicken, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to fly at a low altitude in terrain and weather conditions conducive to turbulence and downdrafts.

## Other reports on N83395 (2)

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

- [Incident 19870126005939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870126005939I), Jan 26, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N83395), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. A ski caught in an ice rut while taxiing to park. Used excessive power to extradite and ran into 2 parked aircraft.
- [Accident 19760803023169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760803023169A), Aug 3, 1976: Piper PA18150 (N83395), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Ip cut pwr at low alt. Student tried to ret to lake,stalled. Acft hit water r wg low.

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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