# Accident 20030916025509A: Piper PA18150, Homer, AK, September 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9833° N, 151.0950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9833&lon=-151.0950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6978B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6978B) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916025509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AT A REMOTE RIDGELINE LANDING SITE, ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF NINILCHICK, AK. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL DUE TO GUSTY WINDS COMING OVER THE RIDGE AND THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC03LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA117), Sep 17, 2003: Piper PA-18 (N6978B), Ninilchick, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in a collision with terrain during an approach to landing on a ridgeline. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's…

## Other reports on N6978B (1)

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

- [Accident 19870726043819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870726043819A), Jul 26, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N6978B), Levelock, AK, Substantial damage. An all purpose vehicle with 3 children on board darted into the side of the landing aircraft. Need safety fences.

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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