# NTSB Accident ANC15FA009
> **PIPER PA 18** · 2015-01-31 · Wasilla, AK, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC15FA009
- **Event ID:** 20150202X20456
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-01-31
- **Location:** Wasilla, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.528057, -149.688049
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 18
- **Registration:** N82735
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Both pilots’ inadequate visual lookout and failure to see and avoid each other while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the obscuration of the pilot’s visibility due to sun glare.

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