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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-160 · Talkeetna, AK · August 10, 2008

Date
August 10, 2008 · 11:00 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8433D
Reported as
Piper PA22160
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,500 total2,000 in this make and model150 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.

The pilot stated that he and his passenger departed carl's landing airstrip (AK19) on a personnel flight. On returning to the airstrip, a normal approach was performed to land to the west due to prevailing winds. The airstrip slopes down to the west. After landing and slowing down, the pilot stated he began to turn around to taxi back to parking. He stated he tried to turn while rolling too fast, the aircraft departed the runway into the adjacent ditch, side loading the tail and damaging the rear fuselage and left horizontal stabilizer and elevator.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND HIS PASSENGER DEPARTED CARL'S LANDING AIRSTRIP (AK19) ON A PERSONNEL FLIGHT. ON RETURNING TO THE AIRSTRIP, A NORMAL APPROACH WAS PERFORMED TO LAND TO THE WEST DUE TO PREVAILING WINDS. THE AIRSTRIP SLOPES DOWN TO THE WEST. AFTER LANDING AND SLOWING DOWN, THE PILOT STATED HE BEGAN TO TURN AROUND TO TAXI BACK TO PARKING. HE STATED HE TRIED TO TURN WHILE ROLLING TOO FAST, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE ADJACENT DITCH, SIDE LOADING THE TAIL AND DAMAGING THE REAR FUSELAGE AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR.

Other reports on N8433D · 2

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