# Incident 20130609009889I: Piper PA-18, Matanuska Susit, AK, June 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2013, 16:15 local time
- Place: Matanuska Susit, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3041° N, 149.5815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3041&lon=-149.5815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7171D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7171D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130609009889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 5 GALLONS IN THE LEFT WING AND 13 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT WING ON PREFLIGHT IN BIG LAKE ALASKA.  PILOT TOOK OFF FROM BIG LAKE ENROUTE TO PAPOOSE LAKE WITH LEFT WING TANK SELECTED.  WHILE SETTING UP FOR APPROACH THE ENGINE SPUTTERED DUE TO LEFT WING BEING DEPLETED OF FUEL AND PILOT  BEGAN PROCEDURES TO SELECT RIGHT WING TANK . BEFORE THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FINISH SWITCHING TANKS THE ENGINE QUIT.  AFTER SWITCHING TANKS, THE PILOT STATES THAT HE ATTEMPTED THREE TIMES TO ENGAGE THE STARTER BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN OVER.  UPON ARRIVAL AT THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR IN BIG LAKE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE OPERATION OF THE STARTER WAS NOT IN QUESTION, AS HE WAS ABLE TO START THE AIRCRAFT AND RUN THE ENGINE WITH NO ISSUES.

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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