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) privacy data omitted pilot reported on landing at Fairbanks in ski 1 loss of directional control causing him to veer into the victor taxiway sign damaging the propeller. Pilot was returning from east twin lakes when his ski equipped aircraft encountered hard wind packed drifts for take off and landing. It appears these conditions caused the tail ski rear attach point failure leading to the loss of directional control incident at Fairbanks.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT REPORTED ON LANDING AT FAIRBANKS IN SKI 1 LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL CAUSING HIM TO VEER INTO THE VICTOR TAXIWAY SIGN DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM EAST TWIN LAKES WHEN HIS SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HARD WIND PACKED DRIFTS FOR TAKE OFF AND LANDING. IT APPEARS THESE CONDITIONS CAUSED THE TAIL SKI REAR ATTACH POINT FAILURE LEADING TO THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL INCIDENT AT FAIRBANKS.
Other reports on N2801K · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.