# NTSB ANC03CA080: Piper PA-18, N83582, Talkeetna, AK, July 17, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 17, 2003, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Talkeetna, AK - Coordinates: 62.320556, -150.093612 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3206&lon=-150.0936&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 57642 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC03CA080 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57642/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03CA080 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over. ## Analysis According to the pilot, he made a normal landing to the north on the gravel west of paved runway 36. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, as the airplane crossed a paved taxiway, the "tail came up" and the airplane nosed over. The pilot further reported that winds at the time of the accident were calm. ## Factual narrative On July 17, 2003, at 1300 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire-equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N83582, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll at the Talkeetna Airport, Talkeetna, Alaska. The private pilot and the passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated by the pilot. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal cross country flight. The airplane departed from a private airstrip at Point McKenzie, Alaska, at 1200. According to the pilot, he made a normal landing to the north on the gravel west of paved runway 36. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, as the airplane crossed a paved taxiway, the "tail came up" and the airplane nosed over. The pilot further reported that winds at the time of the accident were calm. The propeller, nose cone, top of the vertical stabilizer and the right lift strut were damaged. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - berm - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Aircraft - Registration: [N83582](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83582), registered now, S/N 18-7709092 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-18 - Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18-7709092 - Engines: Lycoming O-360 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Anthony C. Turinsky - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: POINT MCKENZIE, AK - Destination: PATK, Talkeetna, AK ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2; flight hours: 3,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20030717037349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030717037349A), Jul 17, 2003: Piper PA18150, Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot rolled through a depression in the runway after landing on the dirt strip at tka, causing the aircraft to nose over onto it's back. The… ## Other investigations on N83582 (2) 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 ANC91LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA057), May 9, 1991: Piper PA-18 (N83582), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: CARBURETOR ICING AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES AND DIRECTIVES PERTAINING TO CARBURETOR HEAT. - [NTSB FTW77FPA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FPA29), Sep 11, 1977: Piper PA-18 (N83582), Honey Grove, TX, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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