Piper PA-18-150 accident near Moose Pass, AK
On June 18, 2024, a Piper PA-18-150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Moose Pass, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 18, 2024
- Place
- Moose Pass, AK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18-150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 60.455°N, 149.483°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240619194497
NTSB summary
On June 18, 2024, about 1400 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped Piper PA-18-150 airplane, N645DT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Moose Pass, Alaska. The instructor pilot and the pilot receiving instruction were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the operator, Alaska Float Ratings, the pilot receiving instruction, seated in the front seat, and the instructor pilot, seated in the rear seat, departed Trail Lake, Moose Pass, about 1245, with an anticipated return time of no later than 1430. When the airplane failed to return, the operator initiated a search for the overdue airplane, and found portions of floating wreckage on Crecent Lake. Search personnel from the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Air National Guard, along with several volunteers, were dispatched to conduct an extensive search of the area, and the shoreline. The operator reported that the purpose of the flight was to provide the pilot receiving instruction with dual flight training as part of a single engine sea add-on rating. The operator added that at the time of departure, the planned destination was Bench Lake, and the airplane departed with 25 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel onboard. Two witnesses, located at the northeast shoreline of Crescent Lake, reported passively watching the accident airplane perform several touch-and-go landings near the middle of the lake. They said that as the airplane continued a northeasterly approach for another touch-and-go, at an estimated 400 ft
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
