20090419046959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Taylorcraft BL-65 · Talkeetna, AK · April 19, 2009

Date: April 19, 2009 · 10:45 local
Place: Talkeetna, AK
Airport: Talkeetna
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N27440
Reported as: Taylorcraft BL-65
Reported engine: Continental O-200A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 360 total300 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N27440Registered now · Taylorcraft BL-65S/N 2082 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made statement;on Sunday, April 19th, I made a flight from willow to denali national park. On my return trip the same day I landed in the Talkeetna mountains. When I landed, the snow was harder than I expected, and my Taylorcraft (27740) did not stop sliding as soon as I had thought it would. Just as my plane came to a stop it slowly slid into a gully with some rocks, breaking one ski. My passenger and I were not hurt.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE STATEMENT;ON SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH, I MADE A FLIGHT FROM WILLOW TO DENALI NATIONAL PARK. ON MY RETURN TRIP THE SAME DAY I LANDED IN THE TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS. WHEN I LANDED, THE SNOW WAS HARDER THAN I EXPECTED, AND MY TAYLORCRAFT (27740) DID NOT STOP SLIDING AS SOON AS I HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD. JUST AS MY PLANE CAME TO A STOP IT SLOWLY SLID INTO A GULLY WITH SOME ROCKS, BREAKING ONE SKI. MY PASSENGER AND I WERE NOT HURT.