# NTSB ANC96LA091: Piper PA-18, N27036, Anchorage, AK, June 18, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 17, 1996, 19:00 local (Jun 18, 1996, 03:00 UTC) - Place: Anchorage, AK - Coordinates: 61.2196, -149.850311 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2196&lon=-149.8503&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 18, 1997 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 2853 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC96LA091 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/2853/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA091 ## Probable cause The flight instructor's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll. A factor in the accident was the flight instructor's restricted view of the landing area. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - brakes(normal) - excessive, copilot/second pilot (cause) ## Analysis The private pilot was receiving a biennial flight review from the second pilot, holder of a flight instructor certificate, who occupied the rear seat of the tailwheel-equipped airplane. The second pilot took the controls of the airplane to demonstrate a landing on the hard mud of a tidal flat. He reported that his view of the terrain was obscured by the first pilot. During the landing roll, the second pilot kept the tail of the airplane up. The first pilot noticed that the airplane was nearing an area of water and the second pilot applied heavy braking. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the propeller, rudder, and the forward left wing lift strut. ## Factual narrative On June 17, 1996, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18, N27036, crashed during a touch and go landing, about 14 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area instructional flight when the accident occurred. The airplane, registered to the first pilot, sustained substantial damage. The first pilot, a certificated private pilot, and the second pilot, holder of a flight instructor certificate, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Birchwood Airport, Chugiak, Alaska, about 1745. The accident airplane was observed overturned by a passing airplane in the Chickaloon Flats area near the Big Indian Creek, located on the northern shore of the Kenai Peninsula. The pilot of the passing airplane landed and picked up the pilot of the accident airplane. On June 20, 1996, at 1130, the first pilot of the accident airplane reported in an interview with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), that he was completing the flight portion of a biennial flight review. The second pilot, who does not hold an FAA medical certificate, occupied the rear seat and took the controls of the airplane to demonstrate a landing on the hard mud of the tidal flats. The second pilot reported in a telephone interview that his view of the terrain was obscured by the first pilot. During the landing roll, the second pilot kept the tail of the airplane up and the first pilot noticed that the airplane was nearing an area of water. The second pilot applied heavy braking and the airplane nosed over. The airplane received damage to the propeller, rudder, and the forward left wing lift strut. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N27036](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27036), registered now, S/N 18-3516 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-18 - Registry model: [Piper PA-18-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (registry code 7101820) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18-3516 - Airframe hours: 800 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: John A. Baiamonte - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 30, 1996, 50 hours before - Departed: BCV, CHUGIAK, AK ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 283 total, 200 in this make and model, 250 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 90 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °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 19960617014569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960617014569A), Jun 17, 1996: Piper PA18135, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Biennial flight review. CFI made landing on mud flat. View obstructed. Saw water ahead. Hit brakes nose over. ## Other investigations on N27036 (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 SEA85LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA106), Apr 4, 1985: Piper PA-18 (N27036), Excursion Inlet, AK, 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/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.