# Accident 20220705011829A: Piper PA-18-150, Montague Isl, AK, July 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2022, 17:00 local time
- Place: Montague Isl, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0475° N, 147.3649° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0475&lon=-147.3649&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2588P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2588P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 608 total, 550 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220705011829A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/05/2022 AT APPROXIMATLEY 05:00 PM PIC DEPARTED FROM A BEACH ON THE WEST COAST OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SHORLTY AFTER DEPARTING THE PIC DETERMINED THE WEATHER DETERIORATED BYOND HER INTIAL ASSESMENT AND COULD NO LONGER FLY VFR AND RETURNED TO LAND ON ON THE BEACH FROM WHICH SHE DEPARTED. WHILE MANEUVERING ON FINAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, PIC FAILED TO RECOVER, RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE, AND LANDED SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE LEFT WING. THE PIC AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. PIC NOTIFIED THE COAST GUARD WHO THEN RETIEVED THEM FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO ANCHORAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED A FEW DAYS LATER AND TRANSPORTED TO THE OWNERS HANGER IN GIRDWOOD.

## 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 ANC22LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA052), Jul 6, 2022: Piper PA-18-150 (N2588P), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering for landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N2588P (1)

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

- [Accident 19741005035869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741005035869A), Oct 5, 1974: Piper PA18150 (N2588P), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Slow flt at low alt in MDT turb. Lost ctl.

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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