# Accident 20100921049429A: Piper PA-18-150, Simpson Pass, AK, September 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Simpson Pass, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3022° N, 152.8750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3022&lon=-152.8750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24P) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 750 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100921049429A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON A SMALL LAKE IN SIMPSON PASS, WHERE HE HAD LANDED EARLIER IN THE DAY. HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT ON SHORT FINAL WHICH DISRUPTED HIS LANDING SEQUENCE. HE SKIPPED ON HIS FIRST LANDING WHICH YAWED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE SHORE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT FOR THIS. HE PULLED THE STICK BACK TO TRY TO DIG THE FLOATS IN, BUT HE THINKS THAT WITH FULL FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. HE LANDED ON THE TUNDRA.

## 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 ANC10CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA097), Sep 21, 2010: Piper PA-18-150 (N24P), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's rapid application of throttle and carburetor heat causing the engine to hesitate and lose power during takeoff following an aborted landing.

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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