# Accident 20031107030329A: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, November 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2003, 11:50 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1869° N, 149.9653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1869&lon=-149.9653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7509K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031107030329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT USED EXCESSIVE BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ON LANDING ROLL OUT. INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO EFFECT TIMELY CONTROL INPUTS TO PRECLUDE THE STUDENT'S LOSS OF CONTROL. EQUIPMENT, RUNWAY CONDITIONS AND WEATHER ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRIBUTING OR CAUSAL. STUDENT HAD BEEN PROGRESSING (16 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION) WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INDICATION OF DIFFICULTY IN UTILIZATION OF RUDDER AND/OR BRAKES DURING THE LANDING PHASE. ALTHOUGH THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE INPUT, THE APPLICATION OF THE ERROR INPUT WAS TO WELL DEVELOPED TO REVERSE THE DYNAMICS OF THE RESULTANT INERTIA. INSTRUCTOR HAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. ^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 ANC04LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA006), Nov 7, 2003: Piper PA-18 (N7509K), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight, and the student pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over. A factor…

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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