# Accident 20090907025869A: Piper PA-18-150, Fairbanks, AK, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.2397° N, 147.7444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.2397&lon=-147.7444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54182, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54182) (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 PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907025869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED ON AN OFF AIRPORT STRIP AT HIS HUNTING CABIN.  ON LANDING ROLL OUT, AIRCRAFT PULLED TO LEFT AND HE COULD NOT CORRECT. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING CONTACTED A STRUCTURE ON THE LANDING STRIP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC09CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA094), Sep 7, 2009: Piper PA-18-150 (N54182), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A tailwheel malfunction that limited directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion, and collision with a building.

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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