# Accident 20180920013869A: Piper PA-18-150, St. Mary'S, AK, September 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2018, 20:15 local time
- Place: St. Mary'S, AK
- Airport: St Mary'S
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5700° N, 162.8500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5700&lon=-162.8500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8192D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8192D) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 135 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA567](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA567) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180920013869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED BETHEL, AK AT APPROXIMATELY 17:10 AND ARRIVED AT ST. MARY?S, AK (KSM) AT 18:30. AIRCRAFT FUEL WAS TOPPED-OFF AND THEN DEPARTED KSM AT 18:50 TO RECONNOITER A LANDING AREA IN THE YUKON DELTA NWR THAT THE PIC HAD LANDED AT 2 WEEKS EARLIER. PIC FOUND THE LANDING AREA AND COMPLETED TWO LOW-SPEED, LOW-LEVEL PASSES TO SURVEY THE LANDING ZONE. PIC STATED THAT NO OBSTRUCTIONS WERE NOTED AND WINDS WERE LIGHT. APPROACH WAS AT 240 DEGREES HEADING, FULL FLAPS, 38-40 MPH AIRSPEED AND ENGINE AT 500 RPM. PIC STATED THAT AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE GROUND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO START ROCKING LATERALLY APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET INTO THE ROLL-OUT. PIC STATED THAT THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND THEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK. AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED TO THE LEFT, TAIL CAME UP AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. ESTIMATED DISTANCE FROM POINT OF TOUCH-DOWN TO STOP WAS 60 FEET. RIGHT WING TIP WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. LEFT WING WAS DEFLECTED UP FROM NEAR THE STRUT ATTACH-POINT. THE PLEXI-GLASS CEILING ABOVE THE COCKPIT WAS DESTROYED. PILOT NOTED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE HALF-FULL. NO FUEL LEAKS EVIDENT. PIC REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO NTSB ON 09/24/2018 UPON RETURN TO ST. MARY?S.

## 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 GAA18CA567](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA567), Sep 21, 2018: Piper PA18 (N8192D), St. Mary's, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable off-airport landing area, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N8192D (1)

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

- [Accident 20230920015119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230920015119A), Sep 20, 2023: Piper PA-18-150 (N8192D), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was moving camping gear from one location to another. On his way back into the strip he was camping at, pilot landed in a wheel landing configuration.…

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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