# Incident 20110716018039I: Piper PA-18-150, Palmer, AK, July 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2011, 13:40 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Na
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4040Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4040Z) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 210 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110716018039I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE,  WAS CONDUCTING A MANEUVER POPULARLY KNOWN AS WATER SKIPPING TO AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING SITE/RIVER SIDE GRAVEL BAR.  HIS INTENT WAS TO LAND ON THE WATER SHORT OF THE GRAVEL BAR, THEN ROLL UP ONTO IT AND STOP.  HOWEVER, THE PIC ALLOWED THE AIRPLANES WHEELS TO PENETRATE THE RIVERS SURFACE TOO DEEPLY.  THE RESULTING HIGH DRAG AND RAPID DECELERATION FORCES CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO ROTATE FORWARD AND OVER, ULTIMATELY COMING TO A STOP ON ITS NOSE, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE RIVER.  NOTE: THE NTSB NOTED BUT DID NOT INVESTIGATE THIS EVENT.  CONSEQUENTLY IT DID NOT ASSIGN AN NTSB ID NUMBER TO IT.

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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