ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286391
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| Date: | Friday 18 December 2009 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Stinson 108-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N136SP |
| MSN: | 108-931 |
| Engine model: | Franklin 6A4150 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Selawik, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Selawik Airport, AK (WLK/PASK) |
| Buckland Airport, AK (BKC/PABL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was on a personal cross-country flight when he encountered whiteout conditions; he then reversed course to return to the departure airport. He reported that the visibility continued to diminish and he elected to land the ski-equipped airplane on a frozen, snow-covered lake. He said that the airplane landed hard on the uneven terrain, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing struck the terrain. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident and that the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during landing, resulting in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC10CA010
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 June 2010 | N136SP | Roger Huntington | 0 | Galena, Alaska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 10:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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