Plane Crash List

Piper PA-18 N82905

25 September 1998 · New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 September 1998 at about 18:45 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N82905 was involved in an accident near New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 18:45
Classification
Accident
Location
New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
59.4909, -157.2897
Aircraft
Piper PA-18
Registration
N82905
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC98LA160

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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