# Incident 20250708014959I: Piper PA-18-150, Big Lake, AK, July 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Big Lake, AK
- Airport: Big Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5347° N, 149.8125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG LAKE (BGQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5347&lon=-149.8125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7477L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7477L) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250708014959I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TRYING TO SEE IF LANDING OFF AIRPORT AREA WAS OKAY TO LAND, MADE LOW APPROACH, TOUCHED TIRES ON GROUND AND REALIZED LAND WAS WET AND SOFT, DID A GO AROND. IT FELT LIKE TAIL WAS DRAGGING ALONG GROUND CAUSING PLANE NOT TO CLIMB. A/C WENT SIDE TO SIDE THEN NOSED OVER. PILOT FINE AND MINOR DAMAGE T0 PLANE.

## Other reports on N7477L (1)

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

- [Accident 20010919039559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010919039559A), Sep 19, 2001: Piper PA18150 (N7477L), Port Heiden, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC initiated a downwind takeoff on a lake and contacted the bank on lift off coming to rest on top of the bank of the lake. Substantial damage to the…

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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