ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284111
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 October 2007 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3236P |
| MSN: | 18-6766 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3266 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Anchorage, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was landing at a snow and ice-covered off-airport site in a tailwheel-equipped airplane during a Title 14, CFR Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that after landing, the airplane's main landing gear wheels broke through a thin layer of ice, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained structural damage to the right wing lift strut. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area which resulted in an on ground encounter with terrain, and a nose over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC08CA008
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 June 2008 | N3236P | Private | 0 | 1.5 miles west of the Iliamna Airport, Iliamna, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 07:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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