# Accident 20131007025439A: Piper PA-18-150, Iliamna, AK, October 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2013, 13:45 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: J03C
- Location: 59.3769° N, 155.1558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3769&lon=-155.1558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91144, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91144) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 5,955 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131007025439A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS CONDUCTING OFF AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO A REMOTE LANDING STRIP. THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND UPHILL, WITH A SLIGHT TAIL WIND, ON THE TWO WAY STRIP. THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH 35 INCH BUSH WHEELS AND A BABY BUSH TAIL WHEEL. DURING ROLLOUT, THE TAIL WHEEL ENTERED A HOLE, FROM WHICH IT VIGOROUSLY REBOUNDED, CAUSING THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE TO RISE.  THE SLIGHT TAIL WIND EXACERBATED THE RISE, AND THE AIRPLANE EVENTUALLY ROTATED COMPLETELY FORWARD AND OVER ON TO ITS BACK.

## 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 ANC14CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA001), Oct 7, 2013: Piper PA 18-150 (N91144), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll with a tailwind.

## Other reports on N91144 (1)

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

- [Accident 20190616007079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190616007079A), Jun 16, 2019: Piper PA-18-150 (N91144), Big Lake, AK, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he needed to go to the bathroom, and he said "I had been on that landing area befor but landed from a different direction, and I was in a…

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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