# Incident 20010511008289I: Piper PA18150, Talkeetna, AK, May 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2001, 20:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4378Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4378Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 160 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010511008289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 11, 2001, AT 2000 HOURS ADT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ THE PILOT OF PIPER PA-18-150 AIRCRAFT, N4378Z, LANDED AT TALKEETNA STATE AIRPORT ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM PALMER, ALASKA. AFTER MAING A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 36, THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELTY 20 MPH WHEN SHE OVERCORRECTED A SMALL SWERVE.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN A SNOW FILLED DITCH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO MINOR PROP BLADE TIP DAMAGE WHEN THE PROP CONTACTED THE SNOW BERM.

## Other reports on N4378Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19780918019679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780918019679I), Sep 18, 1978: Piper PA18 (N4378Z), Chesterfield, VA, Minor damage. Student flared too high. Abrupt power application by student. Engine did not respond. Instructor took over late.

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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