# NTSB ANC98LA160: Piper PA-18, N82905, New Stuyahok, AK, September 25, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 25, 1998, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC) - Place: New Stuyahok, AK - Coordinates: 59.490867, -157.289718 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4909&lon=-157.2897&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 30, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 44039 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC98LA160 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/44039/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA160 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - weather condition - gusts - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - crosswind ## Analysis The commercial pilot was landing on a ridgetop in a tundra tire equipped airplane. The winds were gusting to 25 knots. The pilot applied brakes and the airplane's tail began to come up. He released brakes, the tail began to come down. The pilot applied full aft stick, raising the trailing edge of the elevators, and the airplane nosed over. ## Factual narrative On September 25, 1998, at 1045 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-18, tundra tire equipped airplane, N82905, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing at an off airport ridgetop landing site, seven miles north of the Stuyahok Airport, New Stuyahok, Alaska. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated by LAR, Inc., dba Alaskan Adventures, of Soldotna, Alaska. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 as a business flight in support of a hunting-guide operation. The flight departed New Stuyahok at 1043 for the accident site to pick up caribou meat. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a company VFR flight plan was filed. The pilot told the NTSB investigator-in-charge during a telephone interview on September 26, and wrote in his NTSB Pilot / Operator report, that he had landed on the ridgetop with a 10 to 15 degree crosswind, with winds of 10 knots gusting to 25 knots. He said that when the airplane was almost stopped, he applied the brakes, and the tail came up. He released the brakes and the tail began to come back down. The pilot then applied full aft stick, raising the trailing edge of the elevators, and the airplane nosed over. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N82905](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82905), registered now, S/N 18-7709197, built 1977 (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: 18-7709197 - Airframe hours: 2274 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-B2B 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Registered owner: Lar, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 28, 1998, 81 hours before - Departed: KNW, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 1,540 total, 250 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 10 knots, gusting 25 - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 45 °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 19980925037159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980925037159A), Sep 25, 1998: Piper PA18150, New Stuyahok, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 25, 1998, at 1045 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-18 airplane, N82905, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing at an… ## Other investigations on N82905 (3) 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 ANC06CA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA133), Sep 18, 2006: Piper PA-18 (N82905), Koliganek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from rising terrain while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors associated with the… - [NTSB ANC00LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA118), Sep 11, 2000: Piper PA-18 (N82905), Sparrevohn, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall/mush during the final approach to land. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's misjudged flare, and the rough and uneven terrain. - [NTSB ANC99LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA121), Aug 20, 1999: Piper PA-18 (N82905), Sleetmute, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, which resulted in the airplane colliding with vegetation, knocking the gascolator off the airplane, and fuel starvation of the engine. 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.