# Accident 20100910049399A: Piper PA-20, Naknek, AK, September 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2010, 18:00 local time
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.7022° N, 157.0028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7022&lon=-157.0028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7414K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7414K-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 250 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100910049399A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED FROM NAKNEK (AK) NORTH STRIP INTENDING TO LAND AT NAKNEK (AK) SOUTH STRIP. IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES FLIGHT, ON FINAL APPROACH TO NAKNEK SOUTH STRIP, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICING, USED CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL BUT NO EFFECT.ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON NAKNEK SOUTH STRIP, DURING LEFT BASE FOR FINAL, OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN PATTERN FOR THAT STRIP. SWUNG WIDE TO AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT. PULLED CARB HEAT AGAIN, NO INCEASE IN POWER. OPTING NOT TO ENDANGER OTHER AIRCRAFT, ELECTED FOR EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROAD.TAILWHEEL CAUGHT POWER LINES CAUSING HIM TO HIT ROAD HARD AND THEN OFF OF EDGE OF ROAD INTO 10 FOOT ALDER TREES WHERE HE CAME TO REST.

## 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 ANC10LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA084), Sep 11, 2010: Piper PA-20 (N7414K), South Naknek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undetermined reason, resulting in an emergency landing and collision with terrain.

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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