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.
(-23) The pilot was attempting a takeoff down the glacier in "sticky" and "slushy" snow conditions. The aircraft was not accelerating properly, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. While taxiing back to parking and in a left turn, the right wheel-ski sunk into soft snow and collapsed. The aircraft flipped over. (-23 amendment) the pilot was attempting a takeoff down the glacier in "sticky" and "slushy" snow conditions. The aircraft was not accelerating properly, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. While taxiing back to parking in a left turn at higher than normal taxi speed, the right wheel-ski sunk into soft snow and overloaded the gear leg, causing the upper gear attach bolt to fail, and the gear leg to collapse. The aircraft flipped over.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF DOWN THE GLACIER IN "STICKY" AND "SLUSHY" SNOW CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY, SO THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO PARKING AND IN A LEFT TURN, THE RIGHT WHEEL-SKI SUNK INTO SOFT SNOW AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF DOWN THE GLACIER IN "STICKY" AND "SLUSHY" SNOW CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY, SO THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO PARKING IN A LEFT TURN AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPEED, THE RIGHT WHEEL-SKI SUNK INTO SOFT SNOW AND OVERLOADED THE GEAR LEG, CAUSING THE UPPER GEAR ATTACH BOLT TO FAIL, AND THE GEAR LEG TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.