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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Anchorage, AK · April 26, 2015

Date: April 26, 2015 · 16:30 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Merrill Field
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N184WF
Reported as: Piper PA-18A 150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 940 total560 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N184WFRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150S/N 18-6961 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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A/c landed long with 1000' taxi to end of runway to cross intersecting runway, then to taxi on FAR side to parking. Follow-on taxiway after end of landing runway offset to west ~70 feet. A/c is taildragger with tall tundra tires. Pilot unaware of offset, continued straight ahead, and after crown of crossing runway, taxied through sod section and possibly contacted taxiway light. No damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

A/C LANDED LONG WITH 1000' TAXI TO END OF RUNWAY TO CROSS INTERSECTING RUNWAY, THEN TO TAXI ON FAR SIDE TO PARKING. FOLLOW-ON TAXIWAY AFTER END OF LANDING RUNWAY OFFSET TO WEST ~70 FEET. A/C IS TAILDRAGGER WITH TALL TUNDRA TIRES. PILOT UNAWARE OF OFFSET, CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD, AND AFTER CROWN OF CROSSING RUNWAY, TAXIED THROUGH SOD SECTION AND POSSIBLY CONTACTED TAXIWAY LIGHT. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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