# Accident 20090905049399A: Piper PA-18, Gold King, AK, September 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Gold King, AK
- Airport: Gold King Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.9925° N, 147.9230° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.9925&lon=-147.9230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5773D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5773D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 640 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905049399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WHILE AVOIDING HITTING OBSTACLES ON THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, HE GROUND LOOPED CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC09CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA096), Sep 5, 2009: Piper PA-18 (N5773D), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a loss of control and a collision with trees.

## Other reports on N5773D (1)

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

- [Accident 20160918021169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160918021169A), Sep 18, 2016: Piper PA-18 (N5773D), Mc Grath, AK, Substantial damage. On 09/19/2016 @ approximately 1230 AKDT the airman landed N5773D in gusty wind conditions on rough but soft terrain 60 miles wnw of mcgrath AK. He positioned…

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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