# Incident 20150426007559I: Piper PA-18A 150, Anchorage, AK, April 26, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N184WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 940 total, 560 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150426007559I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N184WF (1)

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

- [Accident 20200410005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200410005079A), Apr 10, 2020: Piper PA-18A 150 (N184WF), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Tail came up as ski tips dug into grooved pavement and stopped forward momentum flipping aircraft onto back.

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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