# Incident 20160728021799I: Wsk-Pzl Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 WILGA 80, Illiamna, AK, July 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2016, 09:00 local time
- Place: Illiamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7556° N, 154.9178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ILIAMNA (ILI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7556&lon=-154.9178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9726N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9726N-2019-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 WILGA 80 (registry code 9810280, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-warzawa-okecie-pzl-104-wilga-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK-PZL WARZAWA-OKECIE PZL-104 WILGA 80
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160728021799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES ON LAKE ILLIAMNA. THE PILOT WAS CLIMBING OUT AND WAS SETTING UP FOR THE APPROACH TO PERFORM ANOTHER SPLASH AND GO AND AS HE PULLED THE POWER BACK FROM TAKE OFF POWER TO CRUISE THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A SWAMP AREA NEXT TO THE LAKE. DURING THE LANDING THE RIGHT HAND FLOAT MADE CONTACT WITH A TREE AND DAMAGED THE FLOAT. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ARRIVED ON SCENE SHORTLY AFTER THE LANDING. THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT HAND WING FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT OWNER TRANSFERRED FUEL FROM THE FUSELAGE FUEL TANK TO THE RIGHT HAND WING FUEL TANK. THEY NOTICED AS THEY WERE TRANSFERRING THE FUEL TO THE RIGHT HAND WING TANK THAT FUEL WAS COMING OUT OF THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING. THEY SUSPECTED THAT A FUEL LINE IN THE ENGINE COWLING OR A FITTING IS DAMAGED. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE FUEL LEAKING FROM THE COWLING DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS WATER TAXIED BACK TO THE OWNERS LODGE. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CARBURETOR FLOODING. TEAR DOWN OF THE CARBURETOR FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS CAUSED THE CARBURETOR TO FILL UP WITH FUEL AND THE FUEL CONTINUED TO POUR OUT OF THE INTAKE AND INTO THE ENGINE COWLING.

## Other reports on N9726N (1)

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

- [Accident 20170513005629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170513005629A), May 13, 2017: Wsk-Pzl Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 WILGA 80 (N9726N), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft was on a ferry flight to Talkeetna for an annual inspection. After touch down pilot stated the aircraft started to veer left , pilot corrected with…

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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