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IDENTIFICATION
Date: 19-JUN-14
Time: 04:00:00Z
Regis#: N27293
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: ANCHORAGE
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF CLIPPED A TREE AND CRASHED, AT STAR LAKE, 58 MILES FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 22-JUN-14
Time: 18:00:00Z
Regis#: N38787
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: J3F
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: HULBERT
State: Oklahoma
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR HULBERT, OK
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 0 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER
Activity: Other
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation:
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: FAA Oklahoma City FSDO-15
Entry Date: 25-JUN-14
Updated since entry: No

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 21-JUN-14
Time: 09:07:00Z
Regis#: N4000Z
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: NENANA
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, 10 MILES FROM NENANA, ALASKA

FAA Accident and Incident Notification(s): Notice(s) Created 26-JUN-14
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 25-JUN-14
Time: 18:30:00Z
Regis#: N7842
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: MCKINLEY PARK
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, CRASHED ON THE SUSITNA GLACIER, MCKINLEY PARK, ALASKA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 28-JUN-14
Time: 01:38:00Z
Regis#: N76WW
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: EL CAJON
State: California
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED AND GROUND LOOPED, GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON, CA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 02-JUL-14
Time: 16:20:00Z
Regis#: N3512M
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA12
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: ANCHORAGE
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON DEPARTURE, THE 1 PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
 
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 07-JUL-14
Time: 23:02:00Z
Regis#: N1414N
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: J3C
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: CAMARILLO
State: California
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, TIRE SEPARATED AND PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY, CAMARILLO, CA



IDENTIFICATION
Date: 04-JUL-14
Time: 13:30:00Z
Regis#: N4421M
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA12
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: None
LOCATION
City: NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
State: South Carolina
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT DURING BANNER TOW OPERATION, BANNER STRUCK THE TOP OF A PARASAIL WITH 2 PARASAIL RIGERS, NO INJURIES, DAMAGE MINOR TO THE PARASAIL. AIRCRAFT AND PARASAIL LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 08-JUL-14
Time: 20:20:00Z
Regis#: N4842H
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA17
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: SANDPOINT
State: Idaho
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED, SANDPOINT, ID
 
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-JUL-14
Time: 15:31:00Z
Regis#: N83447
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: CHANDLER
State: Arizona
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GROUND LOOPED, CHANDLER, AZ
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 0 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER
Activity: Instruction
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation:
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: FAA Scottsdale FSDO-07
Entry Date: 14-JUL-14
Updated since entry: No

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 12-JUL-14
Time: 00:00:00Z
Regis#: N3971Z
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: PRUDHOE BAY
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING GROUND LOOPED 8 MILES FROM SAG RIVER CAMP, PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 1 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER
Activity:
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: FAA Fairbanks FSDO-01
Entry Date: 14-JUL-14
Updated since entry: No

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-JUL-14
Time: 01:15:00Z
Regis#: N91106
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: MONTE VISTA
State: Colorado
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF FLIPPED OVER AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP RUNWAY, MONTE VISTA, CO
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
 
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-JUL-14
Time: 15:31:00Z
Regis#: N83447
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: CHANDLER
State: Arizona
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GROUND LOOPED, CHANDLER, AZ
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 0 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER
Activity: Instruction
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation:
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: FAA Scottsdale FSDO-07
Entry Date: 14-JUL-14
Updated since entry: No

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 12-JUL-14
Time: 00:00:00Z
Regis#: N3971Z
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: PRUDHOE BAY
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING GROUND LOOPED 8 MILES FROM SAG RIVER CAMP, PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 1 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER
Activity:
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: FAA Fairbanks FSDO-01
Entry Date: 14-JUL-14
Updated since entry: No

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-JUL-14
Time: 01:15:00Z
Regis#: N91106
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: MONTE VISTA
State: Colorado
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF FLIPPED OVER AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP RUNWAY, MONTE VISTA, CO
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0
 
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 19-JUL-14
Time: 04:00:00Z
Regis#: N9783D
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: PALMER
State: Alaska
Country: United States
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT HIT A ROCK AND FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING.


DENTIFICATION
Date: 21-JUL-14
Time: 15:35:00Z
Regis#: N3997Z
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: PHOENIX
State: Arizona
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN, DEER VALLEY AIRPORT, PHOENIX, AZ
 
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-14
Time: 03:30:00Z
Regis#: N8979D
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Minor
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: TALKEETNA
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ON A GRAVEL BAR, FLIPPED OVER, 13 MILES FROM TALKEETNA, ALASKA
INJURY DATA






IDENTIFICATION
Date: 08-AUG-14
Time: 20:00:00Z
Regis#: N1765P
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Minor
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: LYSITE
State: Wyoming
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER INTO A DITCH, LYSITE, WY
 
Three in a Super Cub? I know that there is an approval for a third seat, but come on, is that good judgement? Even in Alaska I question the wisdom of three in a Cub.
 
FROM THE FAA AIN SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS LAST WEEKEND


IDENTIFICATION
Date: 13-SEP-14
Time: 23:23:00Z
Regis#: N959E
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: SUSITNA
State: Alaska
Country: United States
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES

AND......................


IDENTIFICATION
Date: 13-SEP-14
Time: 23:18:00Z
Regis#: N9877D
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: ANIAK
State: Alaska
Country: United States
DESCRIPTION
Description: PILOT ADVISED VIA SAT PHONE OF AIRCRAFT CRASH 60 SOUTH OF ANIAK, ALASKA


AND..................

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 13-SEP-14
Time: 06:45:00Z
Regis#: N2419F
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 180
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: NENANA
State: Alaska
Country: United States
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING


AND>>>>>>>>>>

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 08-SEP-14
Time: 19:20:00Z
Regis#: N56332
Aircraft Make: MAULE
Aircraft Model: M5
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage:
LOCATION
City: WASILLA
State: Alaska
Country: United States
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON LANDING.

Floatplane,Tailwheel and Firearms Instructor- Dragonfly Aero
Experimental Hand-Loader, NRA Life Member
http://site.dragonflyaero.com
 
Three in a Super Cub?

MAYBE......

The article said three people were found 1.2 miles from the crash site. Not that three people were in the plane at the time of the crash.

Also it did not say how big or how old they were. If you have a wide body Cub and take your 8 year old and skinny ten year old out to moose camp. Do you really need to make two trips if their combined weight is only 180 pounds.???

Then again maybe the pilot had 3 two hundred pound people stacked up like Legos.....


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What's with all the ground looping going on?I can still her my dad in the back seat of a j3 giving me a tail wheel check out many many moons ago "keep straight,keep straight,keep straight".Every time I land I can still here him as my feet go tap tap tap on the rudders. I also remember him taking over once "God dam it son don't let'er get away on ya"and I never did since then. I guess a good check out and practice practice practice is the ticket. All this ground looping is giving the old tail wheeler a bad rap. No wonder insurance premiums are high. Sorry for the rant. Just makes me wonder sometimes. Jim
 
Very good example of what a broken propeller will do if you dont take care of them ,i work in a prop shop and some time its just plain scary !!!
 
as a former face fracturer who carry's a metal plate around in my skull as a result of a vehicle accident. The only damage other then my face was cut on my arm and a wrenched back. Had to go through 3 operations on my face.
When I seen stuff like that or Jack Roush's Oshkosh crash were he lost an eye. If I was still flying, even more if it was off-airport I'd have to look at one of these. I know people would mock but it has to be cheaper then that guys medical bills.
http://www.helmetsystems.com/alpha-helmets/alpha-eagle
http://store.tigerperformance.com/m...lo-face-shield-complete-kit.aspx#.VCHsbix0w5s
 
...i work in a prop shop and some time its just plain scary !!!

I still remember my stepfather getting 185 stuck on beach, broke a guys nose(flying rock) that was helping push him loose on strut.... came back with prop chewed up, one HUGE missing chunk close to hub you could lay you THUMB in.... "yah just file it out.... no... gotta go to prop shop.... no, they will condem it.... I hope so... they did... much $ and new blades later we had prop back.... had that new prop on for 6 DAYS before plane got flipped and the tide got it.... fun times... it was like 11? days after wiping the gear off one of our other 185's... The anchorage FAA called us, and said DC FAA called them,...ONE more and.....
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NTSB Identification: ANC14CA086
Accident occurred Sunday, September 21, 2014 in Iliamna, AK
Aircraft: MILLER GREGORY S BUSHWACKER, registration: N9013U

Is this the one from the big rock videos?
 
I had a minor incident, got both wing tips and broke the left gear axle and of course the bent the propeller. I had it all fixed in my mind in the next few days. What I did not count on is the wind taking my airplane a flipping it upside down hard during the night and destroying the fuselage and one wing... Now it is just a bunch of parts I am trying to get back home with. This has taught me a good lesson but feel free to speculate on anything and everything. 406 elt never went off after either event.

Never count your chickens before they hatch!
 
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