ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249004
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| Date: | Friday 19 March 2021 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A36 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1820L |
| MSN: | E-843 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26135 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Alsworth Airport (PALJ/PTA), AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) |
| Port Alsworth, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, during the approach to land on a plowed- snow-covered runway, he selected a touchdown point near, what he had identified as, the runway threshold. On short final a pilot-rated passenger seated in the right front seat recommended adding power. The pilot assumed this was to 'cushion' the landing not realizing he was landing short of the runway's plowed surface. Subsequently, the airplane touchdown in an area of unplowed snow, impacted a snow berm, and the nosewheel collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations.
In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the pilot stated that the accident may have been prevented if there were clear runway threshold markings to define the runway's plowed surface.
According to the operator, cones are normally used to identify the runway threshold; however, they had been removed due to ongoing snow removal operations on the day of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misidentification of the airport's active runway, which resulted in an off runway landing and a collision with a snow berm. Contributing to the accident was the runway's lack of identifying markings.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC21LA027
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 September 1998 | N1820L | Private | 0 | New Stuyahok, AK | |
sub |
| 12 October 2000 | N1820L | Lake Clark Air Inc. | 0 | Nondalton, AK | |
sub |
| 15 April 2013 | N1820L | Lake Clark Air, Inc | 0 | Port Alsworth, Alaska | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2021 20:05 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 06-Jul-2022 07:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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