# Accident 20240618012929A: Piper PA-18-150, Moose Pass, AK, June 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2024, 14:10 local time
- Place: Moose Pass, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4546° N, 149.4834° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4546&lon=-149.4834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N645DT) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240618012929A

## Narrative

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

PA-18-150, FATAL ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, 2 PERSONS ON BOARD, BOTH DECEASED.  ACCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL ON 18 JUNE 2024 AT CRESCENT LAKE, NEAR MOOSE PASS, AK.  FLOAT PLANE TRAINING FLIGHT, PART 91. FLIGHT BEGAN APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND 15 MINS. PRIOR.  TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE AT LAKE, WITNESSES SAW PLANE NOSE DOWN, DROPPING APPROXIMATELY 400 TO 500 FT., WITH LAST SECOND SLIGHT PITCH UP BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER.  LEFT FLOAT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT ON IMPACT.  INSTRUCTOR PILOT HAD COMMERCIAL PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE, WITH SINGLE ENGINE SEA, MULTIENGINE LAND, SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND INSTRUMENT RATINGS, MEDICAL CURRENT.  STUDENT PILOT HAD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, MULTIENGINE LAND - CENTER THRUST AND INSTRUMENT RATINGS, MEDICAL NOT CURRENT.

## 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 ANC24FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24FA052), Jun 18, 2024: Piper PA-18-150 (N645DT), Moose Pass, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N645DT (1)

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

- [Accident 20191012022289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191012022289A), Oct 12, 2019: Piper PA-18-150 (N645DT), Moose Pass, AK, Substantial damage. On or about October 13, 2019, N645DT, a Piper PA-18-150, was involved in an accident when the left wing struck a tree during landing at Beaver Way near Moose…

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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