What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Unable to complete investigation at this time as I have not been able to get the information from the PIC of the accident. (-23 amendment) the pilot privacy data omitted ^ landed his oversized tires equipped PA-18 at the Bethel, Alaska airport. The wind at the time was a quartering headwind. On touchdown the wind shifted to a quartering tailwind. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ not accustomed to landing on hard surfaced runways with oversized tires lost directional control, exiting the runway and flipping the aircraft over on its back. Substantial damage to the aircraft occured with no injury to the PIC.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) UNABLE TO COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE PIC OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ LANDED HIS OVERSIZED TIRES EQUIPPED PA-18 AT THE BETHEL, ALASKA AIRPORT. THE WIND AT THE TIME WAS A QUARTERING HEADWIND. ON TOUCHDOWN THE WIND SHIFTED TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ NOT ACCUSTOMED TO LANDING ON HARD SURFACED RUNWAYS WITH OVERSIZED TIRES LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, EXITING THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS BACK. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURED WITH NO INJURY TO THE PIC.
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 N9091D · 1
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