# Incident 19980523025839I: Post A, Anchorage, AK, May 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1998, 14:30 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: N15165, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15165) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson A (registry code 8630901, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680E series (registry code 41545, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: POST A
- Reported engine: LYC R680B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,450 total, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980523025839I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM ANC TO MRI. ON APPROACH INTO MRI RUNWAY 15 THE PILOT INADVERTANTLY LINED UP TO EDF 15. MRI INSTRUCTED PILOT OF THE ERROR. THE PILOT CORRECTED AND LANDED AT MRI RUNWAY 15. DURING GROUND ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT, THE RIGHT, CROSSED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS APRON AND GROUND LOOPED. NO DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER PEDAL FOR THE PILOT WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THIS WAS CORRECTED PRIOR TO THE NEXT SERIES OF FLIGHTS OF WHICH NO OTHER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS OCCURRED. PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL AREA.

## Other reports on N15165 (1)

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

- [Incident 20050708021459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050708021459I), Jul 8, 2005: Stnson ASTNSON (N15165), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot taxied off of the active runway, and the right main landing gear collapsed. The cause of the gear collapse was the landing gear jackscrew had…

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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