# Accident 20160925019589A: Piper PA-18-150, Kotzebue, AK, September 25, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.1447° N, 162.2753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.1447&lon=-162.2753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2880P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2880P) (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: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,821 total, 1,711 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA516](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA516) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160925019589A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED IN TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT HE HAD DEPARTED KIVALINA, AK ENROUTE TO KOTZEBUE.  WHILE FOLLOWING THE NOATAK RIVER HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS ACTING DIFFERENTLY AND NOTICED ICE FORMING ON WINGS. ALSO HE NOTICED HE DIDN'T HAVE A WORKING AIRSPEED INDICATOR.  ALTITUTE AT THIS TIME WAS 300 AGL, FLEW AIRCRAFT LOWER TO TRY AND AVOID THE ICING.  THIS WAS NOT WORKING SO PIC DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF RUNWAY EMERGENCY LANDING ON AN ISLAND ADJACENT TO RIVER, ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT SOFT GRASS AREA AND FLIPPED.   AIRCRAFT ENDED UP INVERTED ON TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT'S WINGS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA516](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA516), Sep 26, 2016: Piper PA 18 (N2880P), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for an off-airport precautionary landing, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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