# Accident 20240803016539A: Piper PA-18-150, Goose Bay, AK, August 3, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2024, 12:45 local time
- Place: Goose Bay, AK
- Airport: Goose Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3951° N, 149.8483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3951&lon=-149.8483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9697P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9697P) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 187 total, 22 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240803016539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED IN A WRITTEN REPORT, THEY DEPARTED LHD TO GO TO PRACTICE LANDINGS AT Z40, AFTER THE TAILWHEEL SETTLED THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND HEARD THE INSTRUCTOR SAY BRAKES, WHICH THE  PILOT IN COMMAND APPLIED, THE NEXT THING THEY REMEMBERED WAS CRAWLING OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS INVERTED ON THE GROUND.

## 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 ANC24LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA072), Aug 3, 2024: Piper PA18 (N9697P), Goose Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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