# Incident 19880324024389I: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, March 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1988, 16:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N590DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N590DC) (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 PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324024389I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN WHEEL LOCKED UP WHEN PILOT USED BRAKES ON LANDING ROLL. VEERED INTO A SNOWBANK ON RUNWAY EDGE.

## Other reports on N590DC (1)

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

- [Accident 20220906015729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220906015729A), Sep 6, 2022: Piper PA-18-150 (N590DC), Yukon Koyukuk, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot opted to land on a gravel bar along a river during a hunting trip. Towards the end of the rollout, the pilot encountered soft sand, which fliped 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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