# Incident 20200229022099I: Piper PA-18A, Anchorage, AK, February 29, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 2020, 17:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7561D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7561D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360 series (registry code 41499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200229022099I

## Narrative

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

03/02/2020 INTERVIEW PILOT WHO STATED THE FOLLOWING. PILOT AND FATHER WERE AT THE AIRCRAFT THAT IS PARKED AT LAKE HOOD ALASKA. THEY HAD JUST STARTED THE AIRPLANE AND WERE BOTH WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THE LANDING GEAR CHOCKS REMOVED FROM UNDER THE SKIS. THE PILOT WAS ROCKING THE WING BACK AND FORTH WHILE THE FATHER WAS TRYING TO KICK THE CHOCK OUT FROM UNDER THE SKI ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. AT SOME POINT THE FATHER KICKED THE CHOCK FROM UNDER THE SKI FORWARD TOWARD THE PROP AND DECIDED TO RETRIEVE THE CHOCK WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE AIRPLANE WAS RUNNING AND WALKED INTO THE PROP, INJURING HIM SEVERELY. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE EVENT IN REAL TIME ONLY HEARD THE IMPACT FROM THE PROP AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND CALLED EMERGENCY SERVICES.

## Other reports on N7561D (1)

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

- [Accident 19870810043949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870810043949A), Aug 10, 1987: Piper STCPA18 (N7561D), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. The float equipped aircraft stalled and impacted the river. Pilot attempted to avoid a canoe in the landing area.

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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