# Incident 20230225001929I: Piper PA-18-150, Anchorage, AK, February 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2023, 13:38 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74935, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74935) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,470 total, 930 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230225001929I

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 AT MRI ON THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND A SLIGHT BOUNCE.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT NEAR TAXIWAY HOTEL AND TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE INTO A SNOWBANK. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNINJURED.

THE ACCIDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING TO BE FOLLOWED BY A DEPARTURE FROM THE MRI AIRSPACE DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE AREA.  HE SAID HE FELT UNDER PRESSURE TO PERFORM THE TOUCH-AND-GO QUICKLY AND THAT HEAVY RADIO TRAFFIC PREVENTED HIM FROM OBTAINING CLARIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CONTROL TOWER.  HE STATED THAT IN HIS HASTE TO PERFORM THE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, HE SIMPLY GOT BEHIND CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND IT ENTERED A HALF GROUND LOOP BEFORE TIPPING UP ON ITS NOSE AND STRIKING THE SNOWBANK.

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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