# Accident 20220528009039A: Piper PA-18-150, Glacier View, AK, May 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2022, 18:34 local time
- Place: Glacier View, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7869° N, 147.7981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7869&lon=-147.7981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4024Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4024Z) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220528009039A

## Narrative

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

ON 28 MAY 2022, PIC WITH 2 PASSENGER ONBOARD ATTEMPTED TO LAND NEAR THE FOOT OF THE MATANUSKA GLACIER AND MATANUSKA RIVER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STALLED, SPUN AND CRASHED INTO THE MATANUSKA RIVER RESULTING IN INJURIES.

## 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 ANC22LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA038), May 29, 2022: Piper PA-18-150 (N4024Z), Glacier View, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing approach, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall at an altitude…

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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