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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Beluga, AK · September 15, 2025

Date
September 15, 2025 · 10:00 local
Place
Beluga, AK
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4033Z
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
606 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempted to reposition aircraft parked along theodore river road, two miles west of powerlines to clear brush from landing area. No intention of flight. While taxiing aircraft, hooked right wheel in brush, overcorrected and nosed over inverted into ditch. Damage to both wings, wing struts, top of rudder, propeller, and engine.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION AIRCRAFT PARKED ALONG THEODORE RIVER ROAD, TWO MILES WEST OF POWERLINES TO CLEAR BRUSH FROM LANDING AREA. NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT, HOOKED RIGHT WHEEL IN BRUSH, OVERCORRECTED AND NOSED OVER INVERTED INTO DITCH. DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, WING STRUTS, TOP OF RUDDER, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE.

Other reports on N4033Z · 1

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