# Accident 20250710008349A: Piper PA-18-135, Palmer, AK, July 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4100° N, 148.5600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4100&lon=-148.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27293, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27293) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 323 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250710008349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMED A LOW FLYBY OF THE LANDING AREA AT APPROX. 300 FEET AGL TO SURVEY THE LANDING AREA. ON THE FLYBY HE DETERMINED THAT HE COULD LAND THERE. PILOT PERFORMED A RIGHT DOWN WIND APPROACH WITH A SLIGHT CROSS WIND (APPROX 10 MPH) AT 850 AGL.

TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS WERE SET. PILOT SELECTED A TOUCH DOWN SPOT AND BEGAN TO CUT POWER TO TOUCH DOWN. BEFORE TOUCH DOWN HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE THE TERRAIN SO HE BLIPPED THE THROTTLE TO GET OVER SOME OF THE ROUGH TERRAIN. HE DID THIS TWICE UNTIL HE DETERMINED THAT THE LANDING SURFACE WAS GOOD. HE THEN CUT POWER AND BOUNCED ON LANDING. WHEN ROLLING OUT HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF LANDING AREA. AT THE END OF THE LANDING SURFACE WAS A 2-3 FOOT ABRUPT DROP (RIVER WASHOUT). INSTEAD OF GOING OFF THE END OF THE LANDING AREA PILOT LOCKED UP THE BRAKES. THIS RESULTED IN FLIPPING THE PLANE ON ITS TOP.

## 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 ANC25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA073), Jul 11, 2025: Piper PA-18-135 (N27293), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue the landing after determining the landing area was…

## Other reports on N27293 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140618010019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140618010019A), Jun 18, 2014: Piper PA-18-135 (N27293), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Accident location starr lake, 58NM west of Anchorage, AK. N27293 a Piper PA-18-135 on floats, clipped a tree on takeoff/climbout due to a sudden, severe…

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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