# Accident 20060526010369A: Gulstm G44, Willow, AK, May 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2006, 15:45 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6833° N, 150.0833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6833&lon=-150.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-44 (registry code 3951502, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-44) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G44
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 19 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060526010369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED WILLOW AIRPORT AND ENTERED PATTERN FOR WATER LANDING ON LONG LAKE. LANDING GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED. UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED FORWARD AND OVER.

## 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 ANC06CA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA063), May 26, 2006: Grumman G-44 (N141R), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retract the amphibian airplane's main landing gear prior to landing on a lake, which resulted in a nose over during touchdown.

## Other reports on N141R (1)

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

- [Incident 19950110003749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950110003749I), Jan 10, 1995: Gulstm G44 (N141R), Akutan, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 10, 1995 at about 1225 ast an amphibian Grumman G-44 widgeon N141R registered to peninsula airways, inc. and piloted by mark r. greig was…

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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