# Accident 20030808037219A: Piper PA18150, Healy, AK, August 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2003, 20:25 local time
- Place: Healy, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8533° N, 147.5278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8533&lon=-147.5278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4320Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4320Z) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808037219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND WHICH BLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO A PATCH OF WILLOW TREES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED AND RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE. THE LANDING AREA IS ABOUT 600 FEET LONG BY 50 FEET WIDE AND HAD BEEN USED PREVIOUSLY BY THE PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ANC03LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA092), Aug 8, 2003: Piper PA-18 (N4320Z), Healy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain aircraft control after encountering wind gusts during the landing flare/touchdown which resulted in an in-flight…

## Other reports on N4320Z (3)

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

- [Accident 19980616020799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980616020799A), Jun 16, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N4320Z), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Windshift to tail on landing. Used brakes. Nosed over on tundra. Had newly installed tundra tires. (.4)the pilot was practicing tundra landings with newly…
- [Accident 19980404006019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980404006019A), Apr 4, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N4320Z), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (.4)The certificated commercial pilot was landing a ski equipped, tailwheel airplane on a remote, snow covered river gravel bar. During the landing roll, the…
- [Accident 19940531013099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940531013099A), May 31, 1994: Piper PA18150 (N4320Z), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Crosswind gust landing caused cub to swerve. Lost control. Exited runway into a pond. Nosed over.

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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