# Accident 20010616039929A: Piper PA18A150, Homer, AK, June 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2001, 08:55 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6456° N, 151.4767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6456&lon=-151.4767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6966D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616039929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/16/2001 THE PILOT IN COMMAND GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT WHILE MAKING A HIGH SPEED TAXI BACK TO THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AT THE HOMER, ALASKA AIRPORT. WEATHER AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC01LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA101), Jun 16, 2001: Piper PA-18 (N6966D), Homer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadvertent ground loop. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.

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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