# Incident 20000327034959I: Bbavia 11AC, Talkeetna, AK, March 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9506E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9506E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000327034959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 27, 2000, AT 0230Z, MR. WILLIAM HOLTON , THE PILOT OF AN AR-11-AC AIRCRAFT, N9506E, WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT THE TALKEETNA STATE AIRPORT. WHILE ATTEMPTING A SHORT FIELD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT SKI STRUCK A SMALL SNOW BERM. THE IMPACT SHEARED THE LEFT UPPER FITTING ON THE GEAR LEG, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON THE LEFT WING. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE GEAR LEG AND PAINT SCRAPED FROM THE LEFT WING TIP.  MR. HOLTON'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, DON LEE , OF TALKEETNA, AK., WAS CONTACTED AND HE AGREED TO GIVE  MR. HOLTON  ADDITIONAL SHORT FIELD LANDING INSTRUCTION BEFORE ENDORSING  MR. HOLTON'S  STUDENT CERTIFICATE FOR SOLO FLIGHT. PILOT INFORMATION FORTHCOMING.

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