# Accident 20090718047649A: Dressen Don BACK COUNTR, Anchorage, AK, July 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2628° N, 150.3706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2628&lon=-150.3706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dressen Donald L BACK COUNTRY EXPLR (registry code 05604JN, https://openairdocs.org/model/dressen-donald-l-back-country-explr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DRESSEN DON BACK COUNTR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090718047649A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, HE WAS PRACTICING CROSS-WIND LANDINGS ON THE MUD FLATS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE BIG SUSITNA RIVER, ALASKA. UPON LANDING, AT THE TOUCHDOWN IN GUSTY WIND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO WEATHERVANE TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AND DO A GO AROUND. DURING THE ATTEMPT A WIND GUST RAISED HIS LEFT WING AGGRAVATING THE PROBLEM, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN TO THE LEFT, RIGHT WING DOWN. THE NOSE AND PROP AREA CONTACTED THE MUD; THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE MUD AS WELL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC09CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA070), Jul 19, 2009: Dressen Donald L Back Count (N425BC), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in a ground-loop and substantial damage to the airplane.

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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