# Incident 20241211018409I: Piper PA-18-150, Soldotna, AK, December 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2024, 14:30 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4751° N, 151.0396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOLDOTNA (SXQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4751&lon=-151.0396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7471L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7471L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241211018409I

## Narrative

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

FROM INCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE FORM 8020-9:  'AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL 07 SXQ WHEN IT HIT A BALD EAGLE, PILOT REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING,...'

[DATA NOTES:  AIRFRAME HOURS APPROX 800 ON NEW FUSELAGE, IN AIRCRAFT WITH APPROX 4500 HOURS TOTAL.  AND PILOT HOURS ESTIMATED AT 3500 HOURS AT TIME OF INCIDENT.]

## Other reports on N7471L (1)

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

- [Accident 19770726026049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770726026049A), Jul 26, 1977: Piper PA18150 (N7471L), Gilkey River, AK, Substantial damage. Wind was variable with gusts to 18K

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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