Piper PA18 N57787

Summary

On 4 June 2018 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA18 registered N57787 was involved in an accident near Healy, 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

4 June 2018 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Healy, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

63.4667, -148.3667

Aircraft

Piper PA18

Registration

N57787

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Denali Park → Healy

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA362

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s overapplication of the brakes 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

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll on a downhill off-airport grass landing site, he overapplied the brakes, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.