# Incident 20190818017569I: Piper PA-18, Nome, AK, August 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2019, 18:00 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5057° N, 165.4153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nome, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5057&lon=-165.4153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1330A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1330A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,947 total, 82 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190818017569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT INTO POSITION FACING SOUTH ON THE ROAD. PILOT STATED, ONCE IN POSITION, HE APPLIED POWER AND ACCOUNTED FOR ANY WIND CORRECTION AND P-FACTOR.  AS THE TAIL CAME OFF THE GROUND THE PLANE TRACKED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT AT A FASTER RATE THAN HE COULD COMPENSATE FOR.  AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE ROAD, GLIDED MOMENTARILY OFF THE RIVER EMBANKMENT, (APPROXIMATELY 5 FT. HIGH) AND INTO THE KUZITRIN RIVER.  THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY LANDED RIGHT-SIDE UP, THE REMAINING MOMENTUM IN COMBINATION WITH THE SWIFT CURRENT FLIPP THE AIRCRAFT OVER.  ONCE UPSIDE DOWN, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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