ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385399
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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 2000 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-105 |
| Owner/operator: | Chuck & Sandra Mcmahan |
| Registration: | N5489H |
| MSN: | 18-80 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Slana, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gakona, AK |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certificated private pilot was making a low pass over a snow-covered airstrip, when he inadvertently allowed the main wheels to touch down. As the airplane touched down, the main wheels contacted deep snow on the runway, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wing lift struts, and the rudder. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. The pilot did not submit a Pilot/Operator report (NTSB form 6120.1/2).
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent touch down. A factor associated with the accident was deep snow on the airstrip.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC00LA134
History of this aircraft
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| 10 May 2021 | N5489H | 0 | Gakona, Alaska | |
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