# Accident 20040903025019A: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, September 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2004, 13:26 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2136° N, 149.8445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2136&lon=-149.8445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82353, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82353) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 20 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040903025019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 03, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:26 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A PA-18, N82353, PILOTED BY ERIC SWENSON, A NEWLY CERTIFIED PRIVATE PILOT, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 3 AT MERRILL FIELD IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 3 TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE LARGE TUNDRA TIRES. THIS RESULTED IN A CROSSWIND LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HIT BY A GUST AND OVER CORRECTED RESULTING IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 ANC04LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA103), Sep 3, 2004: Piper PA-18-150 (N82353), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind during the landing roll, and his failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a loss of control, an encounter with a ditch, and the…

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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