# Incident 19960426027429I: Stemme S10, Anchorage, AK, April 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1996, 16:28 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9247N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STEMME S10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 15 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426027429I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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