# Accident 20160916021729A: Jeffrey D Tuttle BDK CARBON CONCEPTS, Wasilla, AK, September 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2016, 11:05 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Anderson Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6139° N, 149.3278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6139&lon=-149.3278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8008Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8008Z-2019-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jeffrey D Tuttle BDK CARBON CONCEPTS (registry code 05635HN, https://openairdocs.org/model/jeffrey-d-tuttle-bdk-carbon-concepts) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JEFFREY D TUTTLE BDK CARBON CONCEPTS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916021729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF TO THE WEST FROM ANDERSON LAKE STRIP NORTH OF WASILLA.  ON CLIMBOUT THE LEFT WING SLAT SEPARATED FROM THE WING AT THE MIDDLE ATTACH POINT CAUSING THE SLAT TO BUCKLE UPWARD AND LAY AGAINST THE TOP OF THE WING SURFACE.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRSTRIP  BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE TURN AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED THROUGH NEARBY TREE TOPS AND ONTO THE SUBDIVISION STREET THAT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC16LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA068), Sep 16, 2016: Jeffery D Tuttle BDK Carbon Concepts (N8008Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The structural failure of both wings’ leading-edge slats, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

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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