# Accident 19980808023899A: Piper PA18A, Dillingham, AK, August 8, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.8200° N, 157.8594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8200&lon=-157.8594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2FD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 719 total, 115 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980808023899A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED INTO CROSSWIND ON LANDING ROLLOUT. DAMAGED WING. COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR. (FROM .4) THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LANDING HIS TAIL WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE ON A HARD SURFACED RUNWAY WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE INADVERTENTLY GROUND LOOPED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT, COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND STRIKING THE LEFT WING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT NOTED THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.                                                               (-23) A WHEEL EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18 AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT THE DILLINGHAM AIRPORT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED IN VISUAL CONDITIONS PART 91. THE PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE, AND THE LANDING ROLL PROGRESSED NORMALLY UNTIL THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE WING COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY DURING THE GROUND LOOP, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 ANC98LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA118), Aug 8, 1998: Piper PA-18A (N2FD), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident is a crosswind.

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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