ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293507
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| Date: | Sunday 17 October 2004 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5057Y |
| MSN: | 18-7890 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chickaloon, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Big Lake Airport, AK (BGQ/PAGQ) |
| Chickaloon, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private certificated pilot was landing a tundra tire and tailwheel-equipped airplane on a remote, snow-covered airstrip. The airstrip was oriented north/south, and was about 1,200 feet long and 50 feet wide. The pilot indicated that the surface of the airstrip was covered by about six inches of snow. The pilot said that during the landing roll, the left main landing gear tire dropped into a rut that was filled with snow. The airplane then ground looped to the left, and departed off the left side of the airstrip, into an area of brush. The airplane's right main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane received damage to the right wingtip, the left wingtip, and the propeller.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a collision with terrrain during the landing roll. Factors contributing to the accident were a rough/rutted and snow-covered airstrip surface, and an inadvertent ground loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC05LA009
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 February 2007 | N5057Y | Private | 0 | Gulkana, Alaska | |
sub |
| 5 September 2019 | N5057Y | 0 | Chugiak, Alaska | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2022 06:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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