# Accident 19960609013139A: Piper PA18150, Fairbanks, AK, June 9, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1996, 16:45 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8100° N, 147.7193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8100&lon=-147.7193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8560C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960609013139A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING AT AIRPORT, NOSED OVER. UNABLE TO STOP SWERVED. BATTERY CABLE CAUGHT ON RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL.

## 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 ANC96LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA086), Jun 9, 1996: Piper PA-18 (N8560C), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The obstruction of the left rudder pedal and brake by the battery cable.

## Other reports on N8560C (3)

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

- [Accident 20170712024439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170712024439A), Jul 12, 2017: Piper PA-18 (N8560C), Denali, AK, Substantial damage. Flight was a grocery haul to off airport narrow landing strip in the yanert river valley. Winds gusted as touching down, the aircraft got to the edge of the…
- [Incident 19880817051709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880817051709I), Aug 17, 1988: Piper PA18 (N8560C), Homer, AK, Minor damage. During water taxi in gusty winds updraft lifted aircraft. Settled back breaking suspension system on floats.
- [Incident 19861217079159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217079159I), Dec 17, 1986: Piper PA18 (N8560C), Anchorage, AK. Rough running engine quit on final to heliport. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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