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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Nenana, AK · September 5, 2012

Date: September 5, 2012 · 13:30 local
Place: Nenana, AK
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N54763
Reported as: Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,000 total400 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N54763Registered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7609054 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was landing at his off airport hunting strip near Nenana, Alaska when on roll out he started to drift because of the gusty winds and applied brakes too hard causing it to nose over and damage the spinner and propeller. The aircraft just had a new high pressure brake system installed before this flight and the wind was gusting approximately 20 mph at the time of the incident. Ptrs AL01201202810

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING AT HIS OFF AIRPORT HUNTING STRIP NEAR NENANA, ALASKA WHEN ON ROLL OUT HE STARTED TO DRIFT BECAUSE OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND APPLIED BRAKES TOO HARD CAUSING IT TO NOSE OVER AND DAMAGE THE SPINNER AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT JUST HAD A NEW HIGH PRESSURE BRAKE SYSTEM INSTALLED BEFORE THIS FLIGHT AND THE WIND WAS GUSTING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.PTRS AL01201202810

Other reports on N54763 · 1

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

Accident 19870930058609ATakeoff Ground Roll · Wind River, AKThe aircraft stalled during takeoff from a River gravel bar. The pilot suspects carb icing caused power loss.Sep 30, 1987 · Substantial damage