# Accident 20250228001299A: Piper PA18, Anchor Point, AK, February 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2025, 13:30 local time
- Place: Anchor Point, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7947° N, 151.8468° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7947&lon=-151.8468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3798Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3798Z) (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 PA18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228001299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNING FROM ANCHORAGE TO HOMER. WEATHER WAS SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT TAILWIND. AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WHAT THE PILOT BELIEVED TO BE CARB ICE. ENGAGED CARB HEAT AND ENGINE ALOMOST STALLED. PILOT REDUCED CARB HEAT AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WITH A LOWER RPM. AFTER 5-8 MINUTES ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL AND PILOT CONTINUED TOWAR4DS HOMER. AFTER ANOTHER 10 OR SO MINUTES THE CARB ICE CONDITION RETURNED. PILOT INITIATED CARB HEAT BUT ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH FOR 3-4 MINUTES AND THEN QUIT COMPLETELY. PILOT WAS AT 600 FEET AND CIRCLED AND FOUND AN UNOCCUPIED DIRT ROAD TO ATTEMPT LANDING. LANDING WAS INITIATED HOWEVER A TAIL WIND MADE GROUND SPEED FAST, THE ROAD NARROW AND FINALLY THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO FIRE OR EVACUATION.

PEA

## 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 ANC25LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA022), Feb 28, 2025: Piper PA-18-150 (N3798Z), Anchor Point, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A complete loss of engine power as a result of carburetor ice due to the pilot’s failure to effectively use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor ice.

## Other reports on N3798Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19780730047409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780730047409I), Jul 30, 1978: Piper PA18150 (N3798Z), Broad Pass, AK, Minor damage. While flying at 30 feet above ground level, encountered down draft and could not stabilize descent.

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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