# Incident 20130610025589I: Piper PA-22-150, Willow, AK, June 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2013, 15:17 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow Seaplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7472° N, 150.0375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willow, AK, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7472&lon=-150.0375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8536C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8536C-2018-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (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-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130610025589I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF THE RH COWLING DOOR OF THIS FLOAT EQUIPPED PA-22 CAME OPEN. THE PILOT REACTED BY CHOPPING THE POWER, INDUCING A HIGH SINK RATE FOLLOWED BY IMPACT WITH THE WATER RESULTING IN THE FRONT FLOAT STRUTS COLLAPSING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH ITS NOSE WELL BELOW THE WATER SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OVER ON ITS BACK AND SUBMERGED AFTER THE PILOT EXITED.

## Other reports on N8536C (1)

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

- [Accident 19801024058309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801024058309A), Oct 24, 1980: Piper PA20 (N8536C), Cody, WY, Substantial damage. Instructor allowed student to lose control of aircraft and ground-looped during takeoff.

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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