# Accident 20100915049471A: Piper PA-18A, Dillingham, AK, September 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0594° N, 158.5303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0594&lon=-158.5303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2FD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100915049471A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTS SEEING OTHER AIRCRAFT (N9699P) CIRCLING ON THE WATER, BUT DOES NOT HEAR THE OTHER PILOT MAKE ANY RADIO CALLS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N2FD,  CLEARS THE DEPARTURE PATH VISUALLY AND INITIATES A NORMAL TAKEOFF AND CLIMBOUT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT N2FD CLIMBS STRAIGHT OUT; SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTING THE OTHER PA-18, N9699P. IMPACT DAMAGE ON N2FD INDICATES THAT THE PROPELLER OF N9699P DESTROYED THE RIGHT WING ON N2FD, INCLUDING AND IN ENTIRETY, THE RIGHT AILERON AND RIGHT FLAP.

## 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 ANC10LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA094), Sep 16, 2010: Piper PA-18 (N2FD), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Both pilots’ failure to see and avoid each other during initial climb, resulting in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the pilot of N9699P’s inability to use his airplane's radio…

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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