# Incident 20130327006219I: Piper PA-18A 150, Cordova, AK, March 27, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2013, 23:48 local time
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Airport: Off Airport On Beach Near Beri
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5428° N, 145.7575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cordova, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5428&lon=-145.7575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1886P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1886P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,150 total, 100 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/20130327006219I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN ENCOUNTERED A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL, OFF AIRPORT, FORCED LANDING.

THE AIRMAN WAS ENROUTE FROM WASHINGTON STATE TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.  THE AIRMAN HAD JUST FUELED UP AND ADDED A ROUTINE QUART OF OIL IN YAKUTAT, ALASKA AND RESUMED THE FLIGHT TOWARD ANCHORAGE.  ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CAPE YAGATAGA, THE AIRMAN WITNESSED OIL SEEPING FROM THE ENGINE COWL.  THE AIRMAN IMMEDIATELY STARTED A CRUISE CLIMB AND CONTACTED JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND SEEK ASSISTANCE IN CURRENT WEATHER DATA AT NEAR-BY AIRPORTS.  JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AND THE AIRMAN DETERMINED THE NEAREST SUITABLE LANDING SPOT.  A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE AIRMAN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWL, NOTIFIED JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SNOW FIELD BELOW.  THE AIRMAN RECALLS THE SMOKE GOT THICKER; HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING ON A HARD PACKED SNOW PORTION OF THE BERING GLACIER.  THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1886P (2)

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

- [Accident 20130611009899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130611009899A), Jun 11, 2013: Piper PA-18A 150 (N1886P), Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Stated the aircraft bounced while landing, then a gust of wind from the right swung the tail of the aircraft to the left. She was unable…
- [Accident 19990912025309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990912025309A), Sep 12, 1999: Piper PA18A150 (N1886P), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 12, 1999, about 1730 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N1886P, sustained substantial damage while taking…

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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