# Accident 20070811022679A: Piper PA18150, Mcgrath, AK, August 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5358° N, 154.0019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5358&lon=-154.0019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7051, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7051) (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 O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 118 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07TA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07TA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070811022679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 11, 2007, ABOUT 1330 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A TUNDRA TIRE-EQUIPPED PIPER, PA-18 AIRPLANE, N7051, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING SURFACE, ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF FARWELL, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, PUBLIC USE OPERATION WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE STATE OF ALASKA, DIVISION OF ALASKA WILDLIFE TROOPERS. THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH FAA INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT SAID THAT HE MISMANAGED THE CONTROLS ON LANDING ROLLOUT BY APPLYING TOO MUCH FORWARD ELEVATOR AND WHEEL BRAKING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ON ITS BACK. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING, NOSE COWLING, RUDDER & PROPELLER.

## 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 ANC07TA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07TA080), Aug 11, 2007: Piper PA-18 (N7051), McGrath, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was rough and uneven terrain conditions.

## Other reports on N7051 (2)

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

- [Accident 20030709029259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030709029259A), Jul 9, 2003: Piper PA18150 (N7051), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On a public service flight from soldotna to Anchorage the pilot made a practice landing on a dirt road. During rollout, the left wing struck high brush…
- [Accident 19990515005369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515005369A), May 15, 1999: Piper PA18150 (N7051), Nome, AK, Substantial damage. Alaska department of fish and wildlife public use acft veered off the right side of a road while landing on it and went into a ditch, other circumstances are…

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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