# Incident 20110420008809I: Hawk Industries Inc GAF-HAWK#125, Fort Greely, AK, April 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2011, 14:21 local time
- Place: Fort Greely, AK
- Airport: Deltana
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.9678° N, 145.7149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Greely, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.9678&lon=-145.7149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101GH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101GH-2016-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawk Industries GAF-HAWK#125 (registry code 4260125, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawk-industries-gaf-hawk-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWK INDUSTRIES INC GAF-HAWK#125
- Reported engine: PZL-WSK K9-BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110420008809I

## Narrative

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

SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT ISSUED 04/19/2011 TO REPOSITION AIRCRAFT FROM AK77 (DELTANA) TO LAKE HOOD (ANCHORAGE) FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION. CARRIAGE OF CARGO, OR PERSONS OTHER THAN ESSENTIAL CREW FOR FLIGHT WAS PROHIBITED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AK77 ON FERRY FLIGHT TO LAKE HOOD 04/20/2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 AKDST WITH A PERSON ON BOARD THAT WAS NOT ESSENTIAL CREW FOR THE FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED ORBITING AK77 FOR "15 TO 20 MINUTES" IN ORDER FOR HIM TO "GET THE FEEL" OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BECOME CONFIDENT IT WAS SAFE FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TURNING SOUTH FOR LAKE HOOD, OIL TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO RISE AND ENGINE POWER BEGAN TO DECREASE FORCING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE TUNDRA OF FORT GREELY 9.2 MILES FROM AK77. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT REPOTED HAVING NO PREVIOUS TIME IN THIS MAKE/MODEL. THIS SOFTWARE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY LESS TIME THAN ONE HOUR IN MAKE/MODEL.

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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