Piper PA-18 N83582
17 July 2003 · Talkeetna, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 July 2003 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N83582 was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, United States. 2 people were 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 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Talkeetna, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 62.3206, -150.0936
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N83582
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Point McKenzie → Talkeetna
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC03CA080
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-18 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2003 | Piper PA-18-150 | Ashland, Maine, United States | John McPhee | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Jul 2003 | Piper PA-18 | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2003 | Piper PA-18-150 | Ely, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2003 | Piper PA-18 | Silver City, Montana, United States | David M. Hoon | No injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 2003 | Piper PA-18-135 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | Chandler Air Service, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 2003 | Piper PA-18-150 | Ava, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,950 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2003 | Rockwell 500-S | Chickaloon, Alaska, United States | State of Alaska Division of Forestry | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2003 | Williamson GLASTAR | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2003 | Cessna 206 | English Bay, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Aug 2003 | Cloud-Wag Aero SPORTSMEN | Noatak, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2003 | Cessna 401 | Gustavus, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 24 Aug 2003 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Kenai, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |