19890121001029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Girdwood, AK · January 21, 1989

Date
January 21, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Girdwood, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4280Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA036
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed upslope on a glacier, turning to takeoff downslope began sliding right ski dug in collapsing the gear.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED UPSLOPE ON A GLACIER, TURNING TO TAKEOFF DOWNSLOPE BEGAN SLIDING RIGHT SKI DUG IN COLLAPSING THE GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.