Piper PA-18A 150 N8889D

Summary

On 3 July 2012 at about 08:30 local time, a Piper PA-18A 150 registered N8889D was involved in an accident near Illiamna, 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

3 July 2012 at 08:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Illiamna, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Iliamna (PAIL)

Coordinates

59.7556, -154.9178

Aircraft

Piper PA-18A 150

Registration

N8889D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Igiugig → Illiamna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ANC12CA062

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on a lighted, paved, dry runway at dusk, when he inadvertently bounced the airplane during initial touchdown. He applied remedial control inputs, but he overcorrected, and, upon touching down again, the airplane swerved to the right. He added engine power to abort the landing, but the airplane ground looped to the right and hit a ditch. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and left elevator. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.