# NTSB ANC00LA068: Piper PA-18, N8162C, Kodiak, AK, June 11, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 2000, 20:00 local (Jun 11, 2000, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Coordinates: 57.790817, -152.400039 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7908&lon=-152.4000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 2, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50966
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC00LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50966/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA068

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions.  Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

The certificated private pilot was landing a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane on a dry, paved runway, which required a correction for a left crosswind.  After touchdown, during the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left.  The pilot applied right rudder and right brake to correct the veer.  The airplane pivoted 180 degrees to the right, and the right wing struck the runway.  The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing leading edge, and right wing main spar.

## Factual narrative

On June 10, 2000, about 2000 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N8162C, sustained substantial damage while landing on a dry, paved runway, at the Kodiak Airport, Kodiak, Alaska.  The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred.  The solo certificated private pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed.  The flight originated about 1910, from the Kodiak Municipal Airport.

During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on June 11, the pilot reported that he was landing on runway 18, which required a correction for a left crosswind.  He said that during the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left.  He applied right rudder and right brake to correct the veer.  The airplane pivoted 180 degrees to the right, and the right wing struck the runway.  The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing leading edge, and right wing main spar.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8162C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-18
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18-3618
- Airframe hours: 75
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James L. Venable
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 2000, 7 hours before
- Departed: KDK, KODIAK MUNI, AK
- Destination: ADQ, AK
- Airport: ADQ, Kodiak, runway 18, 5,011 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 319 total, 90 in this make and model, 319 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 112° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000610042609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000610042609A), Jun 10, 2000: Piper PA18A135, Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On landing roll the right main axle failed and departed aircraft. The aircraft veered left and ground looped. Clint johnson of NTSB recovered gear and…

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.

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