# Incident 20230706008359I: Piper PA-18, King Salmon, AK, July 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2023, 13:50 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7288K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7288K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230706008359I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT IN A CROSSWIND TO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF ON PIKE LAKE, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF PAKN, THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID AN UNDERWATER OBSTACLE. DURING EXECUTION OF THE MANEUVER THE RIGHT WING LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT FLOAT OUT OF THE WATER. THE PILOT THEN REDUCED POWER AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPED INTO THE WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER.

## Other reports on N7288K (1)

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

- [Incident 19960629025069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629025069I), Jun 29, 1996: Piper PA18 (N7288K), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: on June 29, 1996, at about 0900 adt, a wheel equipped Piper PA-18, owned and piloted by craig t. hartman was involved in a landing attempt at an…

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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