Piper PA18 N184WF

Summary

On 10 April 2020 at about 08:08 local time, a Piper PA18 registered N184WF was involved in an accident near Homer, 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.

Date

10 April 2020 at 08:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Homer, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Homer (HOM)

Coordinates

59.6456, -151.4764

Aircraft

Piper PA18

Registration

N184WF

Category

Airplane

Year built

1959

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Homer

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ANC20CA042

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's overapplication of the brakes during landing and the subsequent loss of directional control and nose-over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the wheel- and ski-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll on the dry, paved runway, the airplane began to veer right, and he attempted to correct with left rudder and brake. Subsequently, the tail lifted, the tips of the skis dug into the grooved pavement, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage and right-wing lift strut. The pilot added that he should have been "more aggressive" with the rudder and applied brakes sooner. He added that he had a long runway to use but got "fooled into complacency." The pilot reported that he felt his use of a flight helmet during the accident sequence was essential to the prevention of injury.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.