# Accident 20180818014419A: Piper PA-18-150, Stony River, AK, August 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2018, 21:00 local time
- Place: Stony River, AK
- Airport: Stony River 2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EMQC
- Location: 61.7900° N, 156.5881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7900&lon=-156.5881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3872Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3872Z) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA497) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818014419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED WITH A CROSS WIND.  WHEN THE TAIL CAME DOWN AFTER LANDING A DOWN WIND GUST PICKED UP THE TAIL AND OVER TURNED THE AIR CRAFT.  THE WIND SWITCHED FROM A CROSS WIND TO A TAILWIND. THERE WAS A FRONTAL PASSAGE GOING ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 GAA18CA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA497), Aug 18, 2018: Piper PA18 (N3872Z), Stony RIver, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N3872Z (3)

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

- [Accident 19770918031349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770918031349A), Sep 18, 1977: Piper PA18150 (N3872Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Plt stated turbulence caused by unknown jet.
- [Accident 19761009037179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761009037179A), Oct 9, 1976: Piper PA18150 (N3872Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Frost on wings.
- [Accident 19731112040661A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731112040661A), Nov 12, 1973: Piper PA18150 (N3872Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Radios not warmed up,no 2-WAY comm with twr. Tkof into control zone.

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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