61.2135° N, 149.8447° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 26, 1996 · 16:28 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9247N
Reported as
Stemme S10
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total15 in this make and model2 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: the pilot lined up with echo taxi way instead of runway 24, at mri. The tower advised the pilot of his error on short final. The pilot made a side step maneuver to land on the correct runway. This maneuvering resulted in a hard landing. The left wing dipped making contact with the runway and runway lighting. The wing span of the glider is 76 feet.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE PILOT LINED UP WITH ECHO TAXI WAY INSTEAD OF RUNWAY 24, AT MRI. THE TOWER ADVISED THE PILOT OF HIS ERROR ON SHORT FINAL. THE PILOT MADE A SIDE STEP MANEUVER TO LAND ON THE CORRECT RUNWAY. THIS MANEUVERING RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE LEFT WING DIPPED MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND RUNWAY LIGHTING. THE WING SPAN OF THE GLIDER IS 76 FEET.