# Accident 20080527841009A: Piper PA18150, Fairbanks, AK, May 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2008, 22:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8153° N, 147.5264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8153&lon=-147.5264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57787, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57787) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 53 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080527841009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RELEASED FOR SOLO FLIGHTS, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT CROSS WIND OF 10 KNOTS WAS REPORTED BY TOWER. STUDENT PILOT TAXIED TO PARKING AFTER GROUND LOOP. NO TOWER OR GROUND ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. (PTRS # AL01200802621) (ACCIDENT # ANC08CA070)

## 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 ANC08CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA070), May 28, 2008: Piper PA-18-150 (N57787), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was a gust of wind.

## Other reports on N57787 (1)

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

- [Accident 20180604007059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180604007059A), Jun 4, 2018: Piper PA-18-150 (N57787), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. At 11:50AM on 05/04/2018 aircraft departed denali private for initial landing on a previously unlanded surface of tundra bench in the Alaska range. During…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.