# Accident 20220916021459A: Piper PA-18-150, Chignik, AK, September 16, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chignik, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.2956° N, 158.3877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chignik, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.2956&lon=-158.3877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4144E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4144E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A2A (registry code 42261, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,512 total, 2,111 in this make and model, 322 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220916021459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KCL ON 9/16/2022 ENROUTE TO A LOCATION NEAR CHIGNIK, AK (OFF AIRPORT) ARRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 AKDT. PILOT REPORTS AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING INTO TO THE WIND ON A SLIGHT INCLINE.  GROUND CONDITIONS WERE HUMMOCK/MOSS.  WHILE TAXING /TURNING AROUND DOWNHILL (RT WING DOWN), THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE DESIRED LOCATION.  DUE TO THE ROUGH GROUND, SLIGHT DOWNHILL, AND A TAIL WIND GUST APPROXIMATELY 20-22 KNOTS, PICKED UP THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOSED OVER COMPLETELY, PROP TO TAIL, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER, PROP STRIKE AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUTS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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