What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On April 14, 2000 while the pilot was flying in the vicinity of Sheep Mountain Alaska the oil access door on the engine cowling of the Cessna 150 came open. The pilot elected to land at Sheep Mountain airstrip to close the oil access door. As the main landing gear touched down on the snow covered airport the tires sank into the soft snow and when the nose wheel touched the snow the aircraft came to an abrupt stop and the forward momentum caused the aircraft to nose over onto its back.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2000 WHILE THE PILOT WAS FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALASKA THE OIL ACCESS DOOR ON THE ENGINE COWLING OF THE CESSNA 150 CAME OPEN. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT SHEEP MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP TO CLOSE THE OIL ACCESS DOOR. AS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SNOW COVERED AIRPORT THE TIRES SANK INTO THE SOFT SNOW AND WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE SNOW THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND THE FORWARD MOMENTUM CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ONTO ITS BACK.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N6446K · 2
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