ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199505
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Date: | Wednesday 28 May 2014 |
Time: | 13:09 |
Type: | Piper PA-18-150 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8929L |
MSN: | 18-7409127 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cordova, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cordova, AK (CKU) |
Destination airport: | Cordova, AK (CDV) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot said that he made low passes over the flat, tundra site to assess its suitability for landing. He said that, on the second pass, he touched the airplane's wheels down to verify that the surface was firm and then returned for landing. He said that, both visually and during the test-touch, the surface appeared to be "100 percent hard-surface tundra," and the vegetation appeared dry; however, during the end of the landing roll, when the airplane was traveling about 10 mph, the wheels sank into unexpectedly "mushy" ground, and the airplane slowly nosed over. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The rudder, strut, and wing rib sustained damage. The airplane was equipped with tundra tires. Photographs of the airplane at the accident site showed it inverted in a broad area of flat, grassy tundra, consistent with the pilot's description.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate remedial action during landing on soft terrain, which resulted in a nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC14CA031 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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