# Accident 20200515000919A: Piper PA-18-150, Skwentna, AK, May 15, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2020, 21:15 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9661° N, 151.1953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9661&lon=-151.1953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N323DH) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 13 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200515000919A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 ANC20CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA048), May 16, 2020: Piper PA18 (N323DH), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N323DH (1)

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

- [Accident 20150721017119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150721017119A), Jul 21, 2015: Piper PA-18-150 (N323DH), Grizzley Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Airmen was making supply runs to grizzly Creek, 8 miles east of stephan lake, Alaska. The airstrip elevation is approximately 3500 feet and there was 10-15…

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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