# Accident 20160918021169A: Piper PA-18, Mc Grath, AK, September 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mc Grath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3800° N, 156.3600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3800&lon=-156.3600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5773D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5773D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 751 total, 650 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160918021169A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/19/2016 @ APPROXIMATELY 1230 AKDT THE AIRMAN LANDED N5773D IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS ON ROUGH BUT SOFT TERRAIN 60 MILES WNW OF MCGRATH AK. HE POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT TO BACK TAXI TO BEGINNING OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. UPON TRANSITION, HE BECAME STUCK AND APPLIED NEAR FULL POWER TO BECOME UNSTUCK. ONCE ROLLING AGAIN, HE MAINTAINED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPEED AND POWER SETTING. THIS TAXI SPEED BECAME TOO GREAT AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED. SIMULTANEOUSLY, A LARGE TUSSOCK WAS HIT CAUSING THE TAIL TO COME UP HIGH AND CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND. THIS IN TURN FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO 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 ANC16CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA066), Sep 18, 2016: Piper PA 18 (N5773D), McGrath, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive taxi speed, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent nose over.

## Other reports on N5773D (1)

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

- [Accident 20090905049399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905049399A), Sep 5, 2009: Piper PA-18 (N5773D), Gold King, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that after landing on the ground the aircraft veered to the right and while avoiding hitting obstacles on the right of the runway, he ground…

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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