# Accident 20110506013959A: Piper PA-18-125, Cordova, AK, May 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2011, 11:11 local time
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0178° N, 144.0178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0178&lon=-144.0178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1129A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1129A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (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-18-125
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11CA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110506013959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HITTING A SINKER (WIND DOWNDRAFT) SECONDS BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN DURING A BEACH LANDING AT OKALEE SPIT 53 MILES SE OF CORDOVA. PILOT STATED FLAPS WERE AT FULL AND HE ADDED POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND THEN IMPACT THE GROUND.LANDING GEAR WAS COLLAPSED; AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS BELLY. PASSENGER'S NOSE WAS BROKEN AND PILOT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND HIS HIP WAS DISLOCATED. A 406 ELT WAS ACTIVATED DURING THE CRASH AND PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH WEARING SHOULDER HARNESSES.5/6/11 ACCIDENT DATE, TALKED WITH ROC AND NTSB 5/11/11 I RECEIVED STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(PASSENGER)5/20/11 I RECEIVED PICTURE OF AIRCRAFT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BROTHER. BROTHER WAS ABLE TO SALVAGE WINGS AND ENGINE FROM CRASH SITE AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED FURTHER BY THE OCEAN.AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE DESTROYED AFTER THE ACCIDENT BY SALT WATER.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GOING THRU SURGERY ON HIS HIP AND PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WAS ALSO ON A LOT OF POST ACCIDENT PAIN MEDICATION. WE WORKED WITH HIM AND HIS MOTHER TO HAVE HIM DELIVER HIS PILOT RECORDS TO THE ANCHORAGE FSDO FOR REVIEW WHEN HE WAS ABLE.6/20/11 135 CHECK RIDE COMPLETED WITH INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE ANC FSDO.6/23/11 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN ASI FROM THE ANCHORAGE FSDO REVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT RECORDS AND FOUND ALL TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 ANC11CA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA029), May 6, 2011: Piper PA-18-125 (N1129A), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control during final approach in gusty wind conditions, resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N1129A (1)

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

- [Accident 20020702016729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020702016729A), Jul 2, 2002: Piper PA18125 (N1129A), Talkeetna, AK, No damage. (-23) On July 2, 2002, a float equipped Piper PA-18-125, aircraft N1129A, registered to and piloted by william j. fitzgerald was involved in an aircraft near…

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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