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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Tok Junction, AK · July 27, 2019

Date
July 27, 2019 · 14:40 local
Place
Tok Junction, AK
Airport
Tok Junction
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82253
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA500
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,860 total13 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot did weather/flight planning for flight from fairbanks to Tok Junction in evening the day prior and again on the morning of the flight. Obtained complete briefing via forflight. Flew to tok between 3500 and 5500 MSL and descended to around 800 AGL over tok and performed one full pattern overflying 07 paved runway checking the wind sock. Noticed around 5KTS cross wind from the right. Touched down, on centerline, while on roll-out a gust from the right turned the plane a bit towards the right. Applied some left rudder to correct, and the plane veered left and left wheel slid off runway edge down a gravel mound. When right wheel caught in the gravel to the side of runway, the gear leg bent and the right wing impacted the gravel bending upwards outboard of the strut attachment.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID WEATHER/FLIGHT PLANNING FOR FLIGHT FROM FAIRBANKS TO TOK JUNCTION IN EVENING THE DAY PRIOR AND AGAIN ON THE MORNING OF THE FLIGHT. OBTAINED COMPLETE BRIEFING VIA FORFLIGHT. FLEW TO TOK BETWEEN 3500 AND 5500 MSL AND DESCENDED TO AROUND 800 AGL OVER TOK AND PERFORMED ONE FULL PATTERN OVERFLYING 07 PAVED RUNWAY CHECKING THE WIND SOCK. NOTICED AROUND 5KTS CROSS WIND FROM THE RIGHT. TOUCHED DOWN, ON CENTERLINE, WHILE ON ROLL-OUT A GUST FROM THE RIGHT TURNED THE PLANE A BIT TOWARDS THE RIGHT. APPLIED SOME LEFT RUDDER TO CORRECT, AND THE PLANE VEERED LEFT AND LEFT WHEEL SLID OFF RUNWAY EDGE DOWN A GRAVEL MOUND. WHEN RIGHT WHEEL CAUGHT IN THE GRAVEL TO THE SIDE OF RUNWAY, THE GEAR LEG BENT AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE GRAVEL BENDING UPWARDS OUTBOARD OF THE STRUT ATTACHMENT.

NTSB investigation

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