NTSB Identification: ANC11LA100 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, September 08, 2011 in Galena, AK
Probable Cause Approval Date: 05/21/2012 Aircraft: PIPER PA-18A
150, registration: N2694P Injuries: 1 Uninjured.   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 loca