# Incident 20110803021759I: Piper PA-18-135, Sutton, AK, August 3, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2011, 16:10 local time
- Place: Sutton, AK
- Airport: King Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7907° N, 148.3527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING RANCH (AK59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7907&lon=-148.3527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2138A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2138A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A-135 (registry code 7101822, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (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-18-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,020 total, 480 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110803021759I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KING RANCH AIRPORT AT 1550 WITH INSTRUCTOR IN REAR SEAT AND STUDENT IN FRONT SEAT.  AFTER CLIMBING TO 5500 FT THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH.  AFTER LEANING, THE ENGINE SMOOTHED.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO INSPECT A GRAVEL BAR ON THE MATANUSKA RIVER.  ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AGAIN AND STARTED TO LOSE POWER.  CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED BUT ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER.  ATTEMPTS TO FURTHER LEAN THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTORE POWER AND THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO LAND ON A NEARBY SAND BAR.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO THE END OF THE SAND BAR AND THE MAIN TIRES ROLLED INTO APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OF WATER WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER COMING TO REST ON ITS BACK IN THE RIVER RESULTING IN A CRACKED WIND SCREEN AND A SMALL DENT TO THE TOP OF THE RUDDER.  NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.

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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