ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382946
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| Date: | Thursday 25 November 1982 |
| Time: | 15:06 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-14 |
| Owner/operator: | James Franklin Creason |
| Registration: | N4226H |
| MSN: | 14-29 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8841 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Little Susitna, AK (C ) |
| Lake Hood, AK (C ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT STATED THAT DURING AN EARLIER TAKEOFF FROM A FROZEN LAKE THAT HE STRUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT IMBEDDED IN DEEP SNOW.HE NOTICED THAT HIS RIGHT GEAR & SKI WERE DAMAGED, & CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT TO ANCHORAGE. APPROACHING ANCHORAGE HE WAS ADVISED BY LAKE HOOD TOWER THAT THE LAKES & CANAL ARE NOTAMED CLOSED DUE TO RUTTED UNEVEN ICE CONDITIONS & THAT A LANDING WOULD BE AT HIS OWN RISK. HE WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE TOWER THAT HIS RIGHT SKI APPEARED TO BE MISSING. THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED THE INFORMATION & TOLD THE TOWER HE WOULD LAND OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE HOOD. DURING LANDING THE DAMAGED GEAR DUG INTO THE ICE & THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC83LA019
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 August 2021 | N4226H | Angel Aviation Inc | 0 | Beluga River at Olson Creek west of Anchorage, AK | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 19:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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