# Accident 20050911024379A: Piper PA18150, Fairbanks, AK, September 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2005, 19:50 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.1833° N, 147.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.1833&lon=-147.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1755P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1755P) (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 O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,647 total, 75 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050911024379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED UPHILL TOWARD THE WEST, AND ABOUT 20 FEET AFTER TOUCH DOWN, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT, THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH A TREE.

## 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 ANC05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA146), Sep 12, 2005: Piper PA-18 (N1755P), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree. A factor contributing to the accident was a tailwind.

## Other reports on N1755P (4)

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

- [Accident 20230915015129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230915015129A), Sep 15, 2023: Piper PA-18-150 (N1755P), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. On September 15, 2023, around 6:30 pm local Alaska time, a Piper PA-18 aircraft with registration [privacy data omitted]attempted to land on a gravel strip…
- [Accident 20040411005379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040411005379A), Apr 11, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N1755P), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] on April 11, 2004, at 0800 local time, N1755P veered off the right side of runway 19L after touchdown. During the 3 point landing…
- [Accident 20000725042349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000725042349A), Jul 25, 2000: Piper PA18150 (N1755P), Cordova, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 25, 2000, at approximately 1130 local time, alvin fulton while acting as pilot in command of a Piper PA-18, N1755P while landing on rwy 34 in…
- [Accident 19761105036189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761105036189A), Nov 5, 1976: Piper PA18150 (N1755P), Mccarthy, AK, Substantial damage. Log hidden under snow

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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