# Accident 20120529011229A: Piper PA-18-150, Chickaloon Flat, AK, May 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chickaloon Flat, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8536° N, 150.0406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8536&lon=-150.0406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3772Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3772Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,956 total, 4,936 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120529011229A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH ENCOUNTERED CROSSWIND AND GUSTY CONDITIONS. NEAR TOUCHDOWN POINT PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUST AND WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT AIRCRAFT FROM DRIFTING FROM THE CENTRELINE. L/H WING CAUGHT TREE WHICH SPUN AIRCRAFT COUNTER CLOCKWISE RESULTING IN GROUND LOOP. AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY CENTRELINE. DURING THIS GROUND LOOP R/H WING CONTACTED GROUND.

## 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 ANC12CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA043), May 29, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N3772Z), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a gusting crosswind.

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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