20050523011229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Tok, AK · May 23, 2005

Date
May 23, 2005 · 10:00 local
Place
Tok, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
W68C
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1087A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC05CA080
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,450 total4,500 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot reported flying cargo for clients from chena marina strip to ridge top, south harper strip (position noted in blocks 10A and 10B), saw tire tracks on ridge, landed on this spot, bounced because he was operating on tundra tires. The airplane became airborne again, relanded, on landing rollout the airplane encountered a deep depression (hole) at the end of the landing area with right main tire. This caused right wing tip and propeller to strike ground as he overran the end of the runway, both propeller and wing were damaged. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED FLYING CARGO FOR CLIENTS FROM CHENA MARINA STRIP TO RIDGE TOP, SOUTH HARPER STRIP (POSITION NOTED IN BLOCKS 10A AND 10B), SAW TIRE TRACKS ON RIDGE, LANDED ON THIS SPOT, BOUNCED BECAUSE HE WAS OPERATING ON TUNDRA TIRES. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, RELANDED, ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A DEEP DEPRESSION (HOLE) AT THE END OF THE LANDING AREA WITH RIGHT MAIN TIRE. THIS CAUSED RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE GROUND AS HE OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY, BOTH PROPELLER AND WING WERE DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OM^

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.