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, alone in the aircraft, was practicing off-airport landings on gravel bars near the knik glacier about 20 miles east of Palmer, AK. The weather was VFR with negligible winds. Pilot landed in dry gravel but after landing rolled into wet, soft gravel. Aircraft decelerated rapidly and flipped over sustaining minor damage. The pilot was not injured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT, ALONE IN THE AIRCRAFT, WAS PRACTICING OFF-AIRPORT LANDINGS ON GRAVEL BARS NEAR THE KNIK GLACIER ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PALMER, AK. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH NEGLIGIBLE WINDS. PILOT LANDED IN DRY GRAVEL BUT AFTER LANDING ROLLED INTO WET, SOFT GRAVEL. AIRCRAFT DECELERATED RAPIDLY AND FLIPPED OVER SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.
Other reports on N1301H · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.