# Accident 20060811016029A: Piper PA14, Fairbanks, AK, August 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2006, 20:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5402H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5402H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060811016029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON UNIMPROVED LANDING AREA IN THE WINDY GAP AREA IN WHITE MOUNTAINS. AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 350 DEGREES AND 40 MILES FROM FAIRBANKS, AK. RUNWAY RUNS NORTH/SOUTH; RUNWAY LENGTH APPROX 500+; ELEVATION 2600'. WIND DIRECTION FROM SOUTH AND WAS DOWN THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS. PILOT HAD MADE FOUR LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS ON THIS RUNWAY SINCE 08/08/2006; TWO LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS ON THIS DATE. DURING THIS ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF PILOT STATES THAT RIGHT WHEEL ENCOUNTERED A DEPRESSION DURING A TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH. DEPRESSION WAS SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF MAIN RUNWAY AREA. RIGHT WING LOWERED CONTACTING A SMALL SPRUCE TREE. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF OF THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY VEERING TO THE RIGHT ENCOUNTERING MORE SMALL TREES COLLAPSING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND DAMAGING BOTH WING SPARS OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT WING TIEDOWN POINT. AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5402H (2)

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

- [Accident 19990822043099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990822043099A), Aug 22, 1999: Piper PA14 (N5402H), Fairbanks, AK, No damage. (-23) Pilot landed at a grass strip at private residence and sustained substantial damage due to a hard landing. Damage to right main gear. Stucture damage to…
- [Accident 19990502004389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004389A), May 2, 1999: Piper PA14 (N5402H), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances and sustained substantial damage. (From the .19) on may 2, 1999, about 1101 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped…

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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