# Accident 20180825022299A: Piper PA-18-150, Wasilla, AK, August 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2018, 02:30 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Troy
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6575° N, 149.4597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6575&lon=-149.4597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5392Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5392Y) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180825022299A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 AKDT, A PA-18-150 LANDING AT TROY AIRSTRIP IN WASILLA, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FLIP-OVER EVENT 135 FEET AFTER THE INITIAL VEER-OFF THE GRASS RUNWAY IN A SWAMPY AND SHALLOW BODY OF WATER. THE PILOT STATED TO THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR VIA TELEPHONE THAT HE WAS LANDING AT THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, FOR REASON UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT, AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST THREE QUARTERS DOWN THE USABLE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY.

THE PROP AND PROP SPINNER HAD VIRTUALLY NO DAMAGE OR INDICATIONS OF ROTATION UPON IMPACT.

THE AIRCRAFTS GPS WAS LOCATED AND RETRIEVED WITH TRACKS INDICATING THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL AREAL ORBITS BEFORE LANDING.

THERE WAS EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF 100LL AVGAS IN THE SWAMPY WATER AROUND THE AIRCRAFT SUGGESTING THIS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WAS NOT LED TO BY FUEL EXHAUSTION.  FIRST RESPONDERS TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH. THE INSPECTOR, WITH INFORMING THE NTSB, TURNED THE FUEL VALVE TO THE OFF POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE EXTRACTION PROCESS PRIMARILY AROUND THE COCKPIT GLASS AREA.

AN INTERVIEW BY THE FAA WITH THE PILOT DID NOT OCCUR AT THE SCENE DUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL UNDERGOING HOSPITALIZATION.

RESEARCH IN FAA DATABASES REVEALED PILOT'S MEDICAL WAS DENIED BACK IN 2010.  IACW 2150.3, OPERATING WITH A DENIED MEDICAL WARRANTS REVOCATION .  EIR PROCESS INITIATED.

## 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 ANC18CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18CA068), Aug 25, 2018: Piper PA18 (N5392Y), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll when the left main landing gear wheel got caught in a ditch, which resulted in a subsequent nose-over.

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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