# Incident 20150707016369I: Piper PA-22-150, King Salmon, AK, July 7, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2015, 12:40 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3WUC
- Location: 58.6765° N, 156.6487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING SALMON (AKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6765&lon=-156.6487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6847B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6847B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (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-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 600 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/20150707016369I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN NAKNEK LAKE IN FRONT OF BROOKS CAMP IN HIGH WIND AND  SWELLS OF TWO TO THREE FOOT.  PILOT COULD NOT MAKE AIRCRAFT TURN DOWN WIND AND DECIDED TO SAIL THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE BEACH WITH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF.  PILOT DID NOT RETRACT HIS WATER RUDDERS AND SO HE COULD NOT KEEP AIRCRAFT POINTED INTO THE WIND.  THE  WIND GOT UNDER A WING AND CAPSIZED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6847B (4)

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

- [Accident 20240918013769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240918013769A), Sep 18, 2024: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), Aleknagik, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot statement: while slow taxiing, turned downwind to load the plane, a gust of wind turned the plane, tail over nose. Empty plane, no injuries. Eyewitness…
- [Accident 20220406005209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220406005209A), Apr 6, 2022: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), Aleknagik, AK, Substantial damage. Description: during taxi on straight skis, the pilot lost control of the aircraft due to icy conditions on rutted, uneven ground. A rut slid the aircraft…
- [Incident 20070315006109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070315006109I), Mar 15, 2007: Piper PA22150 (N6847B), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Bungee cord broke away from ski tip. Ski toe went into snow without pilot's knowledge. As aircraft was taxied across lake, the ski toe went down into the…
- [Incident 19971227041459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227041459I), Dec 27, 1997: Piper PA22150 (N6847B), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot of N6847B returned to his parking spot to pick up a pax. N6847B was on skis. Condition of ramp was light loose snow over ice. On engine start…

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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