# Accident 20120817018099A: Piper PA-18A 150, Talkeetna, AK, August 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B9VC
- Location: 62.3569° N, 147.8147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3569&lon=-147.8147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7863D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7863D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120817018099A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS CONDUCTING OFF-AIRPORT LANDINGS AND STATED THAT INITIAL PART OF THE LANDING SURFACE WAS DRY AND BRAKING ACTION WAS GOOD, BUT TOWARDS THE END IT WAS SLIPPERY.  SURFACE WAS MOSS, AND WEATHER INCLUDED RAIN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING ABOUT 5MPH WHEN IT FAILED TO STOP BEFORE THE END AND THEN PROCEEDED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.  THE PIC SAID THAT THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED PRIOR TO GOING OFF THE EDGE OF THE UNIMPROVED SURFACE.  THE WINGTIPS AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 ANC12CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA091), Aug 18, 2012: Piper PA-18A 150 (N7863D), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land on a short, wet, off-airport landing site, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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