20180619008209A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-160 · Yakutat, AK · June 19, 2018

Date
June 19, 2018 · 14:08 local
Place
Yakutat, AK
Airport
Yakutat
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9819D
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA363
Reported as
Piper PA-22-160
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,575 total101 in this make and model103 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Weather reported at time of accident wind 140 at 8 KTS, 10SM visibility. Aircraft landed on runway 11. After touchdown, pilot reported oscillations began and then amplified, leading to departure of runway. Aircraft skidded sideways into gravel and left main gear folded under fuselage causing left wing, tail, and propellor to impact the ground.

As the FAA filed it

WEATHER REPORTED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WIND 140 AT 8 KTS, 10SM VISIBILITY. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 11. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, PILOT REPORTED OSCILLATIONS BEGAN AND THEN AMPLIFIED, LEADING TO DEPARTURE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED SIDEWAYS INTO GRAVEL AND LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UNDER FUSELAGE CAUSING LEFT WING, TAIL, AND PROPELLOR TO IMPACT THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.