What happened
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(-23) On September 3, 1998, about 2030 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N8464Y, sustained substantial damage while landing at a remote, off airport site located about 40 miles east of Cordova, Alaska. The private pilot and the one passenger aboard sustained minor injuries. The 14 CFR part 91 flight operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight last departed the merie k. Smith airport, Cordova, about 1915. The destination was the accident site. During a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator in charge on September 4, beginning at 1015, the pilot related he and the airplane's owner, the sole passenger aboard, were landing at the remote site to go hunting. The pilot said during the landing roll, the main landing gear tires encountered brush and weeds, the airplane decelerated rapidly, and then nose over. He also said there were no preimpact mechanical problems with the airplane and that the shoulder harness installed in the airplane saved him and the passenger from serious injury. (.4) the pilot reported he was landing the airplane at an off-airport site in rural Alaska. During the landing roll, the main landing gear encountered brush and weeds, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot credited the shoulder harnesses installed in the airplane with keeping the injuries to himself and his passenger minor.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1998, ABOUT 2030 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18 AIRPLANE, N8464Y, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT A REMOTE, OFF AIRPORT SITE LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF CORDOVA, ALASKA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE ONE PASSENGER ABOARD SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT LAST DEPARTED THE MERIE K. SMITH AIRPORT, CORDOVA, ABOUT 1915. THE DESTINATION WAS THE ACCIDENT SITE. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE ON SEPTEMBER 4, BEGINNING AT 1015, THE PILOT RELATED HE AND THE AIRPLANE'S OWNER, THE SOLE PASSENGER ABOARD, WERE LANDING AT THE REMOTE SITE TO GO HUNTING. THE PILOT SAID DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES ENCOUNTERED BRUSH AND WEEDS, THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED RAPIDLY, AND THEN NOSE OVER. HE ALSO SAID THERE WERE NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE AND THAT THE SHOULDER HARNESS INSTALLED IN THE AIRPLANE SAVED HIM AND THE PASSENGER FROM SERIOUS INJURY. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LANDING THE AIRPLANE AT AN OFF-AIRPORT SITE IN RURAL ALASKA. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ENCOUNTERED BRUSH AND WEEDS, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE PILOT CREDITED THE SHOULDER HARNESSES INSTALLED IN THE AIRPLANE WITH KEEPING THE INJURIES TO HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER MINOR.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.