# Incident 20141210023589I: Piper PA-14, Willow, AK, December 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2014, 13:15 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N5169H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5169H-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-14
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141210023589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM BIG LAKE AK AND DURING CRUISE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED LOSS OF POWER DUE TO WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS OBVIOUS CARBURETOR ICING.  LANDED IN A SNOW COVERED FROZEN LAKE, 55NM NW OF ANCHORAGE, AK.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWL AND PROP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND PICKED UP BY HELICOPTER OPERATOR. AIRCRAFT WAS LATER SLUNG OUT BY HELICOPTER OPERATOR AND PLACED IN HANGAR IN BIG LAKE AK.

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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