# Accident 20170712024439A: Piper PA-18, Denali, AK, July 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2017, 16:30 local time
- Place: Denali, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EOGA
- Location: 63.5875° N, 147.9886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.5875&lon=-147.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8560C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 19,274 total, 13,264 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA408) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170712024439A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT WAS A GROCERY HAUL TO OFF AIRPORT NARROW LANDING STRIP IN THE YANERT RIVER VALLEY.  WINDS GUSTED AS TOUCHING DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT GOT  TO THE EDGE OF THE STRIP WHICH MAY HAVE HAD SOME WILLOW STUMPS, THEN UNABLE TO RECOVER WHICH RESULTED IN A GROUND-LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND HAD TO BE HELICOPTERED  TO DENALI PARK STRIP THEN TRUCKED TO CANTWELL

## 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 GAA17CA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA408), Jul 13, 2017: Piper PA 18 (N8560C), Denali, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing on a narrow, unimproved airstrip in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N8560C (3)

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

- [Accident 19960609013139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960609013139A), Jun 9, 1996: Piper PA18150 (N8560C), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. On landing at airport, nosed over. Unable to stop swerved. Battery cable caught on right rudder pedal.
- [Incident 19880817051709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880817051709I), Aug 17, 1988: Piper PA18 (N8560C), Homer, AK, Minor damage. During water taxi in gusty winds updraft lifted aircraft. Settled back breaking suspension system on floats.
- [Incident 19861217079159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217079159I), Dec 17, 1986: Piper PA18 (N8560C), Anchorage, AK. Rough running engine quit on final to heliport. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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