# Incident 20121105025939I: Piper PA-18-150, Anchorage, AK, November 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3955Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3955Z) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 87 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121105025939I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC LANDED ON AN OFF-AIRPORT RIDGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MT. SUSITNA. THE PIC TAXIED TO TURN AROUND AND TAXI BACK FOR TAKEOFF. IN THE TURN ONE OF THE TIRES HIT A DIVOT, THE WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL AND THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON ITS NOSE. THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH  SURVIVAL GEAR AND CALLED ATC AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT. THE PIC ALSO ASKED IF THEY WOULD CALL DAN'S AIRCRAFT IN ANCHORAGE TO SEE IF THEY COULD COME AND HELP PULL THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN AS THE PIC COULD NOT DO IT. DAN'S AIRCRAFT COULD NOT HELP. WHILE WAITING FOR THE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER TO PICK THE PIC UP, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURY WAS INCURRED.

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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