20090124024989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman G-21A · Unalaska, AK · January 24, 2009

Date
January 24, 2009 · 17:30 local
Place
Unalaska, AK
Airport
Dutch Harbor
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N985R
Reported as
Grumman G-21A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,400 total2,100 in this make and model75 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.

Tailwheel either failed to extend or collapsed on landing on runway 12 at Dutch Harbor. Pilot elected to taxi clear of the runway because an aircraft was on final approach. Taxi operation caused minor damage to the keel.

As the FAA filed it

TAILWHEEL EITHER FAILED TO EXTEND OR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AT DUTCH HARBOR. PILOT ELECTED TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY BECAUSE AN AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH. TAXI OPERATION CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE KEEL.