ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293165
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| Date: | Saturday 20 August 2005 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Registration: | N13833 |
| MSN: | 18-8959 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3965 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cold Foot, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Cold Foot, AK |
| Cold Foot, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was conducting a 14 CFR Part 91 public use flight, and was landing the tundra tire-equipped, tailwheel airplane on an off-airport landing site in support of federal law enforcement activities. The pilot said he landed on an unimproved strip of tundra, and during the landing roll the right main wheel hit an unseen ledge, and then a hole, and nosed down. According to the pilot, there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The operator said the airplane sustained a broken engine mount, and structural damage to the forward fuselage and firewall.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing down during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was the rough and uneven terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC05TA126
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 April 1975 | N13833 | 1 | near Rock Springs, WY | |
w/o | |
| 8 September 2016 | N13833 | Private | 0 | Gulkana, AK | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2022 16:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 12-Nov-2022 02:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
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