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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · February 6, 1994

Date
February 6, 1994 · 17:45 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3485Z
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total300 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: instructor was administering flight instruction to student on takeoffs and landings. Several takeoffs and landings had been accomplished at a remote landing field by the student without any apparent problems. During touch down at the destination airport the aircraft veered to the right of the runway. Instructor states he attempted to correct with left rudder and brake but because of icy runway conditions he was unable to make the proper corrections before the aircraft ended up in a snow berm. Instructor was counseled on precautions of landing on icy runways. This investigation and report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INSTRUCTOR WAS ADMINISTERING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT ON TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT A REMOTE LANDING FIELD BY THE STUDENT WITHOUT ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS. DURING TOUCH DOWN AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR STATES HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE BUT BECAUSE OF ICY RUNWAY CONDITIONS HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE PROPER CORRECTIONS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP IN A SNOW BERM. INSTRUCTOR WAS COUNSELED ON PRECAUTIONS OF LANDING ON ICY RUNWAYS. THIS INVESTIGATION AND REPORT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N3485Z · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.