# Accident 20040616011489A: Piper PA18, Mcgrath, AK, June 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2004, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.1700° N, 156.2697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1700&lon=-156.2697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18ZF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18ZF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040616011489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN A TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT ON ARCTIC TUNDRA NEXT TO A STREAM. HE HAD OFTEN USED THIS LANDING AREA TO ACCESS A FISHING STREAM BUT IT HAD BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE HE LANDED THERE. ON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SOFT AREA OF TUNDRA, AND NOSED OVER. ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT WING STRUT, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND RUDDER THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 ANC04LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA065), Jun 16, 2004: Piper PA-18 (N18ZF), McGrath, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was the presence of soft tundra.

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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