# Incident 20140827016039I: Piper PA-18-150, Stephan Lake Lo, AK, August 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2014, 18:30 local time
- Place: Stephan Lake Lo, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N19GB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19GB) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140827016039I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS ACCOMPLISHING A ?WHEEL LANDING? AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH THE TAILWHEEL STILL IN THE AIR.  AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED TAXI SPEED THE TAILWHEEL BOUNCED TWICE; ON THE SECOND TAILWHEEL BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN.  AT THAT TIME THE PIC APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER BUT STATED THE RUDDER SEEMED TO BE SOLID, I.E. IT WOULD NOT TURN THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE DITCH ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

PIC STATED HE FELT MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS FROM THIS ?SUBSTANTIAL? DITCH AND SIDE LOADING OF THE LEFT GEAR.  THE PROPELLER ALSO HIT A BERM WHICH STOPPED THE ENGINE.

PIC STATED THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N19GB (1)

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

- [Accident 20190904012539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190904012539A), Sep 4, 2019: Piper PA-18-150 (N19GB), Knik Glacier, AK, Substantial damage. Departed an off airport strip of the Knik river to a traffic pattern for a low pass in sequence behind another PA-18. On turn to final, the separation between…

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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