# Incident 19960308007629I: Piper PA14, New Stuyahok, AK, March 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1996, 16:11 local time
- Place: New Stuyahok, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4528° N, 157.3119° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Stuyahok, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4528&lon=-157.3119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5121H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5121H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960308007629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 8, 1996 AT ABOUT 4:11 P.M. AST, A PIPER PA-14, N5121H, REGISTERED TO JOHN E. AND DRIENNE YOST AND PILOTED BY JOHN E. YOST, WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES WEST OF LAKE ILIAMNA ON A FROZEN LAKE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND WAS GLIDING TO A STOP, A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, RESULTING IN A RIGHT SLIDE. THE RIGHT SKI BROKE THROUGH THE ICE CRUST OVER A VOID IN THE ICE AND HOOKED THE SKI. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT GEAR AXLE TWISTED INBOARD AND TO THE REAR, BOTH PROP BLADES WERE BENT AND THE BELLY CARGO POD WAS CRACKED. THE RIGHT GEAR AXLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE PROP WAS REPLACED AT THE SCENE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO ILIAMNA. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WAS INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF FAR PART 91. THE PILOT REPORTED THE WEATHER AT THE LANDING SITE WAS CLEAR, VISIBILITY UNLIMITED, WINDS WERE NORTH NW AT ABOUT20 MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 20-25 DEGREES F. THE SURFACE OF THE FROZEN LAKE WAS CLEAR OF SNOW. THE WEATHER WAS A FACTOR IN THAT THE WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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