ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305241
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| Date: | Friday 23 September 2022 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Tradewind LLC |
| Registration: | N4144E |
| MSN: | 18-7809084 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5260 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chignik Lake, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Chignik-Lagoon Airport, AK (KCL) |
| Chignik Lake, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, after he landed, he taxied the airplane to the top of the hill to pick up a load he was going to transport and then past it to turn the airplane around. He turned the airplane slowly to maintain control, and then taxied down the hill back to the load and noted the wind was now a tailwind. The pilot applied the brakes to stop the airplane, but the wind lifted the tail, and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the rudder and wings. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during taxi in gusty conditions, which resulted in a nose-over and substantial damage to the rudder and wings.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC22LA081
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