# Incident 20110825018919I: Piper PA-18A RESTRICTED, Toolik River, AK, August 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Toolik River, AK
- Airport: Galbraith Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: X9ZC
- Location: 68.4797° N, 149.4899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GALBRAITH LAKE (GBH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=68.4797&lon=-149.4899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1936A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1936A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A RESTRICTED (registry code 7101834, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-restricted) (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-18A RESTRICTED
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110825018919I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT AFTER LANDING ON A TUNDRA PATCH TO PICK UP CLIENTS HE WAS TURNING AROUND AND THE RIGHT TIRE ENTERED AN UNSEEN DITCH LOWERING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE PROP TO STRIKE THE EDGE OF THE DITCH.

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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