# Incident 20090419046959I: Taylorcraft BL-65, Talkeetna, AK, April 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27440, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BL-65 (registry code 8850350, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BL-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090419046959I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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