# Accident 20080517835349A: Piper PA18125, Anchorage, AK, May 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2008, 10:12 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2006° N, 149.8353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2006&lon=-149.8353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1912A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1912A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18125
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total, 635 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080517835349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING RUNWAY 25 AT MRI THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, HIT BOTH WINGS AND THE ENGINE OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS WHEELS WITH THE ENGINE ON THE GROUND BY THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR.

## 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 ANC08CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA068), May 17, 2008: Piper PA-18 (N1912A), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind during landing. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind and an inadvertent ground loop.

## Other reports on N1912A (1)

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

- [Accident 19850108002159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850108002159A), Jan 8, 1985: Piper PA18125 (N1912A), Shaktoolik, AK, Substantial damage. Ski equipped plane struck a snowbank on takeoff. Pilot aborted but struck a fish shack.

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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