# Incident 20140402005249I: Piper PA-18-150, Birchwood, AK, April 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2014, 14:05 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6248R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6248R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 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/20140402005249I

## Narrative

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

PIC OF N6248R LANDED ON RUNWAY 20R AT BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT. DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN PIC LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. PIC ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WITH RUDDER, BRAKE, AND AILERON. PIC APPLIED HEAVY BRAKE ACTION CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ONTO THE RUNWAY. SURFACE CONTACT WAS MADE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER, SPINNER AND LOWER ENGINE COWL. PIC REPORTED LIGHT CROSSWINDS.

FAA INSPECTORS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF EVENT, BUT DID NOT WITNESS THE INCIDENT. AN FAA INSPECTOR ATTEMPTED TO INTERVIEW THE PIC SHORTLY AFTER THE EVENT, BUT PIC REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS WITH PIC REVEALED THAT BRAKES AND FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE POSSIBLY MISMANAGED DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N6248R (2)

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

- [Accident 20110623012379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110623012379A), Jun 23, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N6248R), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. While landing on mcarthur river sandbank, pilot touched down and applied the brakes over aggressively. Aircraft rotated forward contacting the propeller and…
- [Accident 19980712016519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712016519A), Jul 12, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N6248R), Hyampom, CA, Substantial damage. (.4) After takeoff, the airplane made a climbout over mountainous terrain. After clearing the terrain, the pilot reduced the power and descended into an open…

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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