ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249368
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| Date: | Monday 1 June 2020 |
| Time: | 20:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8987Y |
| MSN: | 18-7409132 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2028 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nikiski, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX) |
| Nikiski, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was landing the tailwheel and tundra tire-equipped airplane on a remote unimproved airstrip. While on final approach and just before touchdown, a gust of wind pushed the airplane to the left. The left wing contacted alder brush and the airplane veered to the left and ground looped sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations.
In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the pilot stated that the accident may have been prevented if he had waited for a day without gusting wind conditions.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC20CA056
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 2021 | N8987Y | 0 | Glennallen, Alaska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2021 17:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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