Piper PA-18A 150 N2694P
8 September 2011 · Galena, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 September 2011 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-18A 150 registered N2694P, operated by George Campbell, was involved in an accident near Galena, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Galena, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 64.7361, -156.9372
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18A 150
- Registration
- N2694P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- George Campbell
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Galena → Galena
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC11LA100
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was on a personal cross-country flight after departing a remote hunting camp when the engine lost power; the pilot landed on the tundra, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane received substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and empennage. The pilot said that the accident flight was the second flight of the day. Earlier in the day he had attempted the flight but was forced back to the camp by weather. He had borrowed the airplane for the hunting trip and was unfamiliar with the fuel system. The airplane was equipped with modified fuel tanks and a digital fuel totalizer. The pilot was unable to visually check the fuel quantity in the tanks due to the design, but according to the totalizer he should have had enough fuel for the trip. Due to the remote location, the airplane was not examined by the NTSB, and thus no determination was made as to why the engine lost power. Due to the lack of temperature and dew point data, it could not be determined if carburetor icing was a factor in the power loss. The reporting weather station is 60 miles away and the data would probably not be useful.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-18A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2011 | Piper PA-18A | McCarthy, Alaska, United States | John M. Miller | No injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 2011 | Piper PA-18A 150 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC | No injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 2011 | Piper PA-18A 150 | Beluga Lake, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 May 2011 | Piper PA-18A | Coldfoot, Alaska, United States | Salitan Erik R | No injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 2011 | Piper PA-18A | Sherman, Texas, United States | Darrell Williams | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 2011 | Piper PA-18A 150 | Cordova, Alaska, United States | Lynn Mallory | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2011 | De Havilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) | Northway, Alaska, United States | Copper Valley Air Service LLC | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2011 | Piper PA-18-180 | Valdez, Alaska, United States | Erik F. Hursh | No injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 2011 | Piper PA-20 | Tyonek, Alaska, United States | Randy F. Stahl | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 2011 | Cessna 207 | Chuathbaluk, Alaska, United States | Inland Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Nov 2011 | Cessna A185F | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | Sheldon Air Service | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2011 | Cessna 180H | Skwentna, Alaska, United States | Russey Reagan | No injuries | - |