ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296689
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| Date: | Sunday 1 September 2002 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Monte Townsend |
| Registration: | N6981B |
| MSN: | 18-5103 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4387 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ANCHORAGE, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | ANCHORAGE, AK (Z41) |
| ANCHORAGE, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private certificated pilot was landing at a remote airstrip. The landing strip, oriented southeast/northwest, is about 600 feet long, by 15 feet wide, and is positioned on a ridge of a mountain. The pilot said he was landing toward the southeast, and touched down on the strip about 1/3 of its total distance beyond the landing threshold. He applied the airplane's brakes, but the tires began to slide on wet grass. The airplane departed off the end of the landing strip. The left main landing gear tire struck a hole about 300 feet past the end of the landing strip, and the left main landing gear was sheared off. The airplane received damage to the propeller, the left wing lift strut, and the left wing. The pilot reported that after the accident, he utilized a hand-held wind meter and discovered he had landed with about a 5 knot tailwind. The Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) submitted by the pilot, contained an optional area for recommendations as to how the accident could have been prevented. The pilot indicated that his recommendation was, "Perform go-around instead of landing long."
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on a remote airstrip, and his failure to perform a go-around that resulted in the airplane overrunning the end of the strip. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate evaluation of a tailwind condition, and a wet landing surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC02LA112
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 April 1990 | N6981B | Private | 0 | Kodiak, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 09:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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