# Accident 20200410005079A: Piper PA-18A 150, Homer, AK, April 10, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2020, 00:06 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6456° N, 151.4764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6456&lon=-151.4764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N184WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,201 total, 750 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200410005079A

## Narrative

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

TAIL CAME UP AS SKI TIPS DUG INTO GROOVED PAVEMENT AND STOPPED FORWARD MOMENTUM  FLIPPING AIRCRAFT ONTO BACK.

## 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 ANC20CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA042), Apr 10, 2020: Piper PA18 (N184WF), Homer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's overapplication of the brakes during landing and the subsequent loss of directional control and nose-over.

## Other reports on N184WF (1)

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

- [Incident 20150426007559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150426007559I), Apr 26, 2015: Piper PA-18A 150 (N184WF), Anchorage, AK, No damage. A/c landed long with 1000' taxi to end of runway to cross intersecting runway, then to taxi on FAR side to parking. Follow-on taxiway after end of landing…

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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