# Accident 20190727012639A: Piper PA-18-150, Tok Junction, AK, July 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2019, 14:40 local time
- Place: Tok Junction, AK
- Airport: Tok Junction
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3294° N, 142.9520° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3294&lon=-142.9520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82253) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,860 total, 13 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA500](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA500) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727012639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID WEATHER/FLIGHT PLANNING FOR FLIGHT FROM FAIRBANKS TO TOK JUNCTION IN EVENING THE DAY PRIOR AND AGAIN ON THE MORNING OF THE FLIGHT.  OBTAINED COMPLETE BRIEFING VIA FORFLIGHT. FLEW TO TOK BETWEEN 3500 AND 5500 MSL AND DESCENDED TO AROUND 800 AGL OVER TOK AND PERFORMED ONE FULL PATTERN OVERFLYING 07 PAVED RUNWAY CHECKING THE WIND SOCK.  NOTICED AROUND 5KTS CROSS WIND FROM THE RIGHT.  TOUCHED DOWN, ON CENTERLINE, WHILE ON ROLL-OUT A GUST FROM THE RIGHT TURNED THE PLANE A BIT TOWARDS THE RIGHT.  APPLIED SOME LEFT RUDDER TO CORRECT, AND THE PLANE VEERED LEFT AND LEFT WHEEL SLID OFF RUNWAY EDGE DOWN A GRAVEL MOUND.  WHEN RIGHT WHEEL CAUGHT IN THE GRAVEL TO THE SIDE OF RUNWAY, THE GEAR LEG BENT AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE GRAVEL BENDING UPWARDS OUTBOARD OF THE STRUT ATTACHMENT.

## 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 GAA19CA500](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA500), Jul 27, 2019: Piper PA18 (N82253), Tok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and his excessive rudder input, which resulted in a runway excursion and landing gear collapse.

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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