# Accident 20250817013399A: Piper PA-18-150, Skwentna, AK, August 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2025, 16:58 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7546° N, 150.0514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7546&lon=-150.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4387Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,089 total, 856 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250817013399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING OFF FROM A REMOTE AIRSTRIP.

PILOT TAXIED TO THE EAST END OF THE AIRSTRIP.

PILOT PLANNED TO TAKE OFF TO THE WEST.

PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND FELT NEGLIGIBLE COMING FROM THE WEST.

PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE A FEW BUMPS AT THE EAST END OF THE AIRSTRIP.

PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL AND EVERYTHING FELT NORMAL.

PILOT STATED THAT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED AS IT ROLLED OVER THE BUMPS AT EAST END OF AIRSTRIP.

PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AS HE APPLIED FLAPS.

PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN DESCENDED AND BOUNCED ON THE AIRSTRIP.

PILOT STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO COMPLETE HIS TAKEOFF SO HE DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.

PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND APPLIED BRAKES WHILE HOLDING THE STICK BACK.

PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT THE TAIL COME UP AND HE RELEASED THE BRAKES.

PILOT STATED THAT THE TAIL CONTINUED TO RISE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

PILOT STATED THAT HE SHUT DOWN POWER AND MAGNETOS AND GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC25LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA090), Aug 18, 2025: Piper PA-18-150 (N4387Z), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control after a rejected takeoff, which resulted in a noseover.

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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