# Accident 19970805021439A: Piper PA18125, Farewell, AK, August 5, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1997, 12:30 local time
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YEOC
- Aircraft: N1606A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1606A) (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 PA18125
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,884 total, 2,420 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970805021439A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING THE AIRPLANE AT LOW ALTITUDE IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. HE REPORTED THAT DURING A TURN, A WIND GUST ROLLED THE AIRPLANE TO A 75-DEGREE BANK ANGLE, THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED, AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE.

## 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 ANC97LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA117), Aug 5, 1997: Piper PA-18 (N1606A), Farewell, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush at low altitude. Factors to the accident were the pilot's low altitude flight maneuver and 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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