# Incident 20111108025989I: Piper PA-18-150, Anchorage, AK, November 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2011, 10:03 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4302Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4302Z) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111108025989I

## Narrative

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

A PA-18-150, ON TAXI OUT FOR TAKEOFF  ONTO LAKE HOOD, THE AIRCRAFT BROKE THROUGH THE SNOW COVERED LAKE ICE AND WAS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED.  PROPELLER DAMAGE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF ENGINE RUNNING AT THE TIME OF THE AIRCRAFT FALLING THROUGH LAKE ICE AND PROPELLER CONTACTING ICE AND SNOW.  PILOT REPORTED LAKE HOOD GRAVEL STRIP (Z41) WAS CLOSED FOR PLOWING.

## Other reports on N4302Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19750810025399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750810025399A), Aug 10, 1975: Piper PA18150 (N4302Z), Nondalton, AK, Substantial damage. Fast step turn bfor short tkof.l float raised,plt tried to bring float dwn. Acft became airborne.

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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