ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211117
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| Date: | Monday 25 September 2017 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3797Z |
| MSN: | 18-7492 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6684 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beluga, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK |
| Beluga, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, he landed on tundra that had an uphill slope. Before touchdown, the pilot shut off the engine “in case of a nose over event.” He reported that, after the landing roll, when the airplane was completely stopped on level ground, a tailwind gust lifted the tail. The airplane balanced on the nose for about 10 seconds, a second gust pushed the airplane over, and it came to rest inverted.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain pitch control due to an encounter with a tailwind gust after the airplane had stopped, which resulted in a nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 November 2009 | N3797Z | Private | 0 | Anchorage, Alaska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-May-2018 15:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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