# Accident 20010728039909A: Piper PA18150, Bethel, AK, July 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2001, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5667° N, 160.7244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5667&lon=-160.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6893B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728039909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2001, THE PILOT OF A PA-18-150, N6893B, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A RIDGE TOP STRIP AT AN OLD MINING CAMP. HE HAD BEEN TO THE STRIP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, BUT ON THIS OCCASION THERE WAS A STRONG CROSSWIND AND HE TRIED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE SHORT RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. DURING THE GO AROUND MANEUVER, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE HE DRAGGED THE TAIL THROUGH THE ALDERS AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC01LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA098), Jul 29, 2001: Piper PA-18-150 (N6893B), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.

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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