# Accident 20050507011359A: Arctic S1AARCTIC, Wasilla, AK, May 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4339° N, 148.2992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4339&lon=-148.2992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37209, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37209-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Interstate S-1A (registry code 1850202, https://openairdocs.org/model/interstate-s-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARCTIC S1AARCTIC
- Reported engine: LYC O290
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050507011359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND FLOATED. THE AIRMAN APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO WANT TO FLY, SO HE REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AND APPLIED BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND THE TIRES ENCOUNTERED SOFT TERRAIN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED A SLIGHT TAILWIND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC05LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA073), May 7, 2005: Interstate S-1A (N37209), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance and speed, which resulted in an overrun during the landing roll, and subsequent nose over. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind and a short landing area.

## Other reports on N37209 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890627017709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890627017709A), Jun 27, 1989: Arctic S1AARCTIC (N37209), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Hit a bump on runway during a go around attempt causing a wing to hit brush. The aircraft nosed over.

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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