19890215003239A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J5A · Skwentna, AK · February 15, 1989

Date
February 15, 1989 · 14:15 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35038
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA044
Reported as
Piper J5A
Reported engine
Continental C858
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
252 total123 in this make and model4 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.

Ski equipped aircraft was landed on a snow covered lake. Struck snow berm, collapsed gear leg and nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON A SNOW COVERED LAKE. STRUCK SNOW BERM, COLLAPSED GEAR LEG AND NOSED UP.

NTSB investigation

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