# Accident 20010816039759A: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, August 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2000° N, 149.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2000&lon=-149.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3685Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3685Z) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,853 total, 75 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816039759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FORCING THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING MAIN SPARS WERE BENT AS WERE THE PROP TIPS. NO INJURIES. INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACKED AND CORRODED LOWER SHOCK STRUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAD FAILED DURING LANDING.

## 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 ANC01LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA114), Aug 16, 2001: Piper PA-18-160 (N3685Z), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N3685Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20040927024159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040927024159A), Sep 27, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N3685Z), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) This flight was conducted under CFR 14 part 91. I interviewed the pilot and he stated that he was landing on muskeg and on rollout a soft area was…
- [Accident 19970627017079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627017079A), Jun 27, 1997: Piper PA18150 (N3685Z), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. (.4) The second pilot was a rated float plane pilot, but did not meet the criteria to act as pilot-in-command (PIC) by his employer, the U.S. Fish and wildlife…

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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