# NTSB Accident ANC97LA117
> **Piper PA-18** · 1997-08-05 · FAREWELL, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC97LA117
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08528
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-08-05
- **Location:** FAREWELL, AK, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-18
- **Registration:** N1606A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush at low altitude.  Factors to the accident were the pilot's low altitude flight maneuver and the gusty winds.

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