# Incident 20180602006869I: Piper PA-18-150, Skwentna, AK, June 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9903° N, 151.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skwentna, AK, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9903&lon=-151.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40549, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40549) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 3,700 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180602006869I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS FOR AN UPCOMING SHORT FIELD LANDING COMPETITION.  ON THE LANDING THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, THE PIC STATED THAT HE GOT TOO AGGRESSIVE ON THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL CARRYING TOO MUCH SPEED FOR THE AMOUNT OF BRAKING APPLIED, AND NOSED OVER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PIC WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIPS, AND SPINNER OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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