# Accident 20120703013329A: Piper PA-18A 150, Iliamna, AK, July 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2012, 00:30 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7556° N, 154.9178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7556&lon=-154.9178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8889D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8889D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120703013329A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED THAT HE CAME DOWN HARD ON LANDING, BOUNCED, WEAVED, AND AS A RESULT, GROUND LOOPED STRIKING LEFT WING TIP, RESULTING IN WING TIP DAMAGE AND VISIBLY BENT LEFT WING STRUT.

## 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 ANC12CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA062), Jul 3, 2012: Piper PA-18A 150 (N8889D), Illiamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control.

## Other reports on N8889D (2)

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

- [Accident 19740627022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740627022309A), Jun 27, 1974: Piper PA18A150 (N8889D), King Salmon, AK, Destroyed
- [Accident 19730903030629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730903030629A), Sep 3, 1973: Piper PA18A150 (N8889D), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. Plt misused heel brakes ldg on sand bar. Ran over bank into river. 6 hrs in type last 90 days.

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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