# Incident 20120608015949I: Piper PA-18-150, Wood River, AK, June 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Wood River, AK
- Airport: Wood River Alaska
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N82732, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82732) (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: 733 total, 364 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608015949I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/8/12 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 HOURS, THE PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH NEAR WOOD RIVER, ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRBANKS.  AFTER ASSESSMENT OF THE LANDING SITE HE DESCENDED BELOW THE TREE LINE AND WAS ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND TRIED TO REDUCE THE RATE BY ADDING POWER, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND YAWED LEFT.  THE PILOT HEARD A METALLIC SOUND AND BY THEN THE ENGINE HAD CAUGHT UP WITH HIS INPUT OF THE THROTTLE AND HE CLIMBED OUT.  THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LEFT GEAR WAS BROKEN WHERE THE SAFETY CABLE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER GEAR.  THE PILOT CLIMBED GRADUALLY TO 2500 FEET, REQUESTED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND WAS CLEARED THROUGH R2211.  UPON LANDING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP.

## Other reports on N82732 (3)

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

- [Accident 20100403031149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100403031149A), Apr 3, 2010: Piper PA-18-150 (N82732), Sleetmute, AK, Substantial damage. After a downwind landing on an ice covered frozen lake, airman added power to turn the aircraft around in order to taxi to parking. One ski was on ice and the…
- [Incident 20050917023149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050917023149I), Sep 17, 2005: Piper PA18150 (N82732), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The PIC was conducting wildlife enforcement in the vicinity of ptarmigan pass, AK. Following a landing off airport, the airplane rolled into a depression…
- [Accident 19910703025999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910703025999A), Jul 3, 1991: Piper PA18150 (N82732), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. During landing approach heavy polic coat sleave switched mags off. Landed gravel bar. Nosed over.

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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