OpenAirDocs.org

19951128041089I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Piper PA-11 · Cold Bay, AK · November 28, 1995

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
November 28, 1995 · 19:25 local
Place
Cold Bay, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4116D
Reported as
Piper PA11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total500 in this make and model225 in the last 90 days
N4116DRegistered now · Piper PA-11S/N 11-1580Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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: the owner and pilot in command, a hunting and fishing guide, had landed on a beach at the mouth of a river. Later, as he was taxiing to relocate to the other side of the river he hit a tree root with his right landing gear causing the aircraft to nose into the beach. The propeller, right landing gear and right wing tip received minor damage. Investigation revealed the aircraft was flown without an airworthiness release. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE OWNER AND PILOT IN COMMAND, A HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDE, HAD LANDED ON A BEACH AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER. LATER, AS HE WAS TAXIING TO RELOCATE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER HE HIT A TREE ROOT WITH HIS RIGHT LANDING GEAR CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE INTO THE BEACH. THE PROPELLER, RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT WING TIP RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITHOUT AN AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

Other reports on N4116D · 1

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

Accident 19970913029379ALevel Off Touchdown · Gulkana, AKCrashed on landing. Other circumstances unknown. (.4) the airplane was landing with a right crosswind of 10 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The pilot said that on final approach to land, the airplane encountered a downdraft and he did not react quickly enough.…Sep 13, 1997 · Substantial damage