# Accident 20000624042589A: Piper PA18, Skwenta, AK, June 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2000, 18:56 local time
- Place: Skwenta, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9304° N, 151.7302° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9304&lon=-151.7302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78NR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78NR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 139 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624042589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2000 AT ABOUT 1100 ADT, A WHEEL EQUIPPED PIPER PA-18 REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY JEFF B. BARA WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON AN UNNAMED STRIP 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SKWENTA, ALASKA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE LEFT BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT BOUND FOR HIS CABIN STRIP NEAR SKWENTA. HE SET UP FOR A LANDING AND THE VARIABLE WIND CARRIED HIM DOWN THE RUNWAY. WHEN HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND IT WAS TOO LATE AND HE CRASHED INTO THE BUSH NOSING OVER ON HIS BACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES HOWEVER HIS AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC00LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA079), Jun 24, 2000: Piper PA-18 (N78NR), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors in the accident were the presence of a tailwind, the pilot's inadvertent touchdown, and a short landing area bordered by high…

## Other reports on N78NR (2)

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

- [Accident 20150131000802A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150131000802A), Jan 31, 2015: Piper PA-18 (N78NR), Wasilla, AK, Destroyed. At an unknown time N78NR departed birchwood airport (pabv) with intended destination of personal cabin at johnson creek (about 25 miles west of skwentna) at…
- [Incident 19950216008539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216008539I), Feb 16, 1995: Piper PA18 (N78NR), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot of PA-18, N78NR indicated that he was performing a takeoff from the frozen tundra, when the right ski kicked down and caught on a small…

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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