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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Sterling, AK · February 22, 2011

Date
February 22, 2011 · 17:15 local
Place
Sterling, AK
Airport
Sterling Airpark
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N623MP
Reported as
Piper PA-18
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that on first takeoff after aircraft rebuild the engine quit at about 600 feet AGL on climb out. Emergency landing was made to a snow covered hayfield. The aircraft went over on its back in the deep snow.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT ON FIRST TAKEOFF AFTER AIRCRAFT REBUILD THE ENGINE QUIT AT ABOUT 600 FEET AGL ON CLIMB OUT. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE TO A SNOW COVERED HAYFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER ON ITS BACK IN THE DEEP SNOW.