ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287487
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| Date: | Sunday 12 August 2012 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Russell S Badowski |
| Registration: | N37WP |
| MSN: | 18-756 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5419 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sheep Mountain Airport, AK (SMU/PASP) |
| Anchorage, AK (AA06) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was landing on a gravel airstrip, and the airplane bounced during touchdown. When it touched down again, the pilot began to apply the brakes, and, as expected, the tail of the airplane began to rise slightly. The rear seat passenger did not realize that this condition was normal and braced his feet against the rudder pedals, which applied increased brake pressure. The airplane nosed over resulting in substantial damage to the rudder, vertical stabilizer, and wing lift struts.
Probable Cause: The passenger's inadvertent application of the brake pedals during landing, which resulted in a noseover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC12CA086
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 2015 | N37WP | Murfreesboro Aviation | 0 | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |
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| 13 July 2023 | N37WP | Hunter Creek LLC | 0 | Palmer, Alaska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 11:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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