NTSB ANC83LA062 — 1983-03-31 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States

Current FAA registration · N4127Z

Make / Model: PIPER PA-18-150
Year of manufacture: 1964 · 19 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19640922
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A4DEF3

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4127Z Piper PA-18-150 None

Factual narrative

THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED DURING A FULL STOP LANDING. THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THIS CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT. THE TOUCHDOWN OF THIS LAST LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT DURING ROLLOUT THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RESPONDED WITH OPPOSITE RUDDER, BRAKE AND ADDED A LITTLE POWER BUT THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY AND NOSED DOWN IN THE MUSKEG ALONGSIDE THE RWY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_ANC83LA062.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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