# Incident 20160829015429I: Piper PA-18-150, Palmer, AK, August 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2016, 05:44 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82371, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82371) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (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-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 100 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/20160829015429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TAXIING HIS AIRCRAFT TO A TIE DOWN SPOT AT THE BOTTOM OF HIS HILL.  HE STATED HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE ALDERS AND CLIPPED HIS WING.  WHEN THIS HAPPENED HE GAVE FULL RUDDER AND INCREASED POWER TO COMPENSATE.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIT A RUT IN THE DIRT AND SENT HIM ON A PATH THROUGH THE TREES, ENDING UP NOSE DOWN AND AGAINST A TREE.

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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