# Incident 20150515009279I: Piper PA-18-150, Anchorage, AK, May 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2015, 15:31 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Campbell Lake Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57778, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57778) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150515009279I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS LEAVING CAMPBELL LAKE (3C3) RETURNING TO LAKE HOOD (LHD). ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, DURING THE TAKE-OFF RUN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE WATER EARLY. NOT HAVING ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO REMAIN AIRBORNE THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE SURFACE IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE LEFT WING AND FLOAT CONTACTED THE WATER AT AN ANGLE THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER, COMING TO REST IN THE WATER INVERTED.

## Other reports on N57778 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060806022629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060806022629A), Aug 6, 2006: Piper PA18150 (N57778), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated to the inspector that he was departing a small pond near the mouth of the theodore river south of Tyonek for the short flight back to…

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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