# Accident 20120815018299A: Piper PA-18-150, Farewell, AK, August 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.4504° N, 149.7892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4504&lon=-149.7892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4001Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4001Z) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120815018299A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED HEALY 12:10 8/15/2012 DIRECT TO CONFLUENCE OF RIPSNORTER AND TONZONA RIVER ARRIVING AT 14:00.  HUNTER NOTIFIED OUT OF FOOD NEEDED PICK UP .  LEFT REAR QUARTERING TAIL WIND AT LANDING SITE. PILOT STATED THAT HIS LANDING WAS FINE BUT AS HE WAS TAXIING A GUST OF WIND FLIPPED THE A/C OVER.

## 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 ANC12CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA088), Aug 15, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N4001Z), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

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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