# Accident 20031011026589A: Piper PA18A150, Ketchikan, AK, October 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2003, 12:38 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3556° N, 131.7139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3556&lon=-131.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3573P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3573P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031011026589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING LANDING IN THE PATTERN AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AT TOUCHDOWN. PILOT OVERCORRECTED THEN TRIED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE THEN STALLED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE WAS REVOKED IN 1981.

## 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 ANC04LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA002), Oct 11, 2003: Piper PA-18-150 (N3573P), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and a ground loop. A factor contributing to the accident was the loss of directional…

## Other reports on N3573P (3)

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

- [Incident 20250909017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909017449I), Sep 9, 2025: Piper PA-18A 150 (N3573P), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. The incident took place near Mcgrath at madison creek. Pilot was taxiing on the runway and was attempting to turn the aircraft to position for takeoff. The…
- [Accident 20110319006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110319006569A), Mar 19, 2011: Piper PA-18A-150 (N3573P), Beluga Lake, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot departed the lake hood strip in anchorage, Alaska on 3-19-2011 and did not file a flight plan. The pilot landed on a glacier approximately 65 miles…
- [Accident 19730902033899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902033899A), Sep 2, 1973: Piper PA18A150 (N3573P), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Tkof from sand bar. Carb heat ctl arm came loose at heat box. Settled into grnd.

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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