# Accident 20250710008359A: Piper PA-18-150, Palmer, AK, July 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2025, 17:00 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: N8979D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8979D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250710008359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED THE LANDING STRIP WITH TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS, AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SPOT HE PICKED.  HE DROPPED FLAPS ONCE ON THE GROUND AND STARTED BRAKING. AS PILOT STARTED BRAKING AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH A SWELL AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. PILOT APPLIED MORE BRAKES AND ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN PILOT HAD TOO MUCH BRAKING AND FLIPPED THE PLANE OVER ITS NOSE.

## 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 ANC25LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA075), Jul 11, 2025: Piper PA-18-150 (N8979D), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive braking during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over.

## Other reports on N8979D (1)

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

- [Accident 20140810015479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140810015479A), Aug 10, 2014: Piper PA-18-150 (N8979D), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Summary In the afternoon of Sunday August 10th, 2014, super cub N8979D nosed over and came to a rest upside down after landing on a gravel bar. The aircraft…

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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