# Accident 19930527015449A: Piper PA18150, Wasilla, AK, May 27, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1993, 14:30 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: New Wasilla Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4388Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4388Z) (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 O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 25 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930527015449A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. HAD OVER SIZE BALLOON TIRES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC93LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA069), May 27, 1993: Piper PA-18-150 (N4388Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INADVERTENT GROUND LOOP.

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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