# Accident 20250711011179A: Piper PA-18-150, Dillingham, AK, July 11, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Shannons Pond
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0553° N, 158.5728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0553&lon=-158.5728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82109, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82109) (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: 170 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250711011179A

## Narrative

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

AS THE PILOT WAS PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE, SHE USED MID RANGE POWER TO CREST  BURM OF SOFT GRAVEL ONTO THE RUNWAY.  PILOT USED BOTH RUDDER AND BRAKE TO TURN ONTO THE RUNWAY AS WELL AS TO TURN AROUND AFTER BACK TAXIING.    THE PILOT WAS MOST OF THE WAY INTO THE THROTTLE WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE TAIL STARTED LIFT UP. THE PLANE STARTED TO PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT. PILOT APPLYING LEFT RUDDER WAS NOT HAVING THE NEEDED EFECT TO STRAIGHEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT CONFIRMED PASSENGER DID NOT HAVE FEET ON BRAKES AS IT FELT LIKE MAYBE THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS DRAGGING.  PILOT ADDED THE REST OF THE POWER TO TRY TO GET RUDDER AUTHORITY. RATHER THAN GIVING RUDDER AUTHORITY, ADDING POWER MADE THE SYMPTOMS MUCH WORSE.  TO AVOID HITTING PARKED VEHICLES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT CHOPPED THE POWER AND MADE THE DECISION TO USE THE LEFT BRAKE AS WELL AS LEFT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT APPLIED BOTH BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AIRCRAFT BUT IT WENT INTO THE DITCH AND BECAME PARTIALLY INVERTED ON PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING.

## 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 ANC25LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA072), Jul 12, 2025: Piper PA-18-150 (N82109), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control during takeoff roll which resulted in a ground loop, and subsequent runway excursion.

## Other reports on N82109 (1)

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

- [Incident 20130727015459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130727015459I), Jul 27, 2013: Piper PA-18-150 (N82109), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Pilot was repositioning his aircraft into the wind because of high winds in the area. While taxing on the mountain ridge the aircraft wheel hit a hole in the…

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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