What happened
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On 8/21/2011, Grumman G-44, N139F, was enroute to Dillingham Airport (padl) from the gci lodge located on lake nerka approximately 40.6 nautical miles northwest of Dillingham Alaska. Grumman N139F is operated by fresh water adventures inc., holder of FAA operating certificate number BPMC382T. The pilot in command, privacy data omitted, holder of an FAA airline transport pilot certificate with approximately thirty thousand flight hours experience, was conducting an on demand flight operation in common carriage pursuant to 14 CFR part 119.21(a)(5) with three passengers onboard the amphibious hulled aircraft. Upon landing at Dillingham Airport on runway 19 at approximately 1710Z, Grumman N139F abruptly veered to the left, ground looped and came to rest in a ditch approximately seventy five feet southwest of the runway. The sole pilot and his three passengers were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage consisting of damage to the left and right wing tips, left and right float/outrigger struts and the left aileron. Weather data for padl at 1655Z was winds five knots from two hundred thirty degrees, visibility twenty statute miles, scattered clouds at six thousand feet, broken clouds at eight thousand feet, temperature eleven degrees celsius, dewpoint ten degrees celsius and altimeter 29.26 inches of mercury. The pilot reports that the runway was still damp at the time of the accident from earlier precipitation but that the runway condition was not a contributing factor in the accident.
As the FAA filed it
ON 8/21/2011, GRUMMAN G-44, N139F, WAS ENROUTE TO DILLINGHAM AIRPORT (PADL) FROM THE GCI LODGE LOCATED ON LAKE NERKA APPROXIMATELY 40.6 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF DILLINGHAM ALASKA. GRUMMAN N139F IS OPERATED BY FRESH WATER ADVENTURES INC., HOLDER OF FAA OPERATING CERTIFICATE NUMBER BPMC382T. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HOLDER OF AN FAA AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THOUSAND FLIGHT HOURS EXPERIENCE, WAS CONDUCTING AN ON DEMAND FLIGHT OPERATION IN COMMON CARRIAGE PURSUANT TO 14 CFR PART 119.21(A)(5) WITH THREE PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS HULLED AIRCRAFT.UPON LANDING AT DILLINGHAM AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 19 AT APPROXIMATELY 1710Z, GRUMMAN N139F ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE LEFT, GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FIVE FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY. THE SOLE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING TIPS, LEFT AND RIGHT FLOAT/OUTRIGGER STRUTS AND THE LEFT AILERON.WEATHER DATA FOR PADL AT 1655Z WAS WINDS FIVE KNOTS FROM TWO HUNDRED THIRTY DEGREES, VISIBILITY TWENTY STATUTE MILES, SCATTERED CLOUDS AT SIX THOUSAND FEET, BROKEN CLOUDS AT EIGHT THOUSAND FEET, TEMPERATURE ELEVEN DEGREES CELSIUS, DEWPOINT TEN DEGREES CELSIUS AND ALTIMETER 29.26 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE PILOT REPORTS THAT THE RUNWAY WAS STILL DAMP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION BUT THAT THE RUNWAY CONDITION WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
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