# Incident 20000220001269I: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, February 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N693JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N693JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2A (registry code 42120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,507 total, 738 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000220001269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 AT MERRILL FIELD (MRI) THE PILOT APPLYING THE BRAKES, SUDDENLY THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID (ABOUT 50 FEET) THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND SPINNER.  COUNSELED AIRMAN TO BE AWARE OF ICE ON RUNWAYS DURING WINTER OPERATIONS AND REVIEW LANDING ON SNOW AND ICE PACKED RUNWAYS.

## Other reports on N693JB (2)

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

- [Accident 19990731023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731023319A), Jul 31, 1999: Piper PA18 (N693JB), Levelock, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On July 31, 1999, about 1500 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N693JB, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over…
- [Incident 19980427010059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980427010059I), Apr 27, 1998: Piper PA18 (N693JB), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: incident #IAL38042701. After landing in very windy conditions at merrill field, the aircraft turned off the runway and began taxiing to tie down. A…

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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