# Incident 20120905020349I: Piper PA-18-150, Nenana, AK, September 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Nenana, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5361° N, 149.0836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nenana, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5361&lon=-149.0836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54763, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54763) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120905020349I

## Narrative

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

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 19870930058609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870930058609A), Sep 30, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N54763), Wind River, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft stalled during takeoff from a River gravel bar. The pilot suspects carb icing caused power loss.

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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