# Accident 20200805012889A: Miller Gregory Scott GOT ROCKS, Kantishna, AK, August 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2020, 11:50 local time
- Place: Kantishna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.5267° N, 150.7953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.5267&lon=-150.7953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9015U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9015U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller Gregory Scott GOT ROCKS (registry code 05627KK, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-gregory-scott-got-rocks) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C1A (registry code 42280, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MILLER GREGORY SCOTT GOT ROCKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,613 total, 1,562 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200805012889A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE FLEW FROM ANCHORAGE TO HIS CABIN LOCATED 50 MILES SE OF LAKE MINCHUMINA.  WHILE LANDING AT CABIN STRIP ON TUNDRA, PILOT STATED HE GOT A GUST OF WIND 15-20 KTS FROM THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF AIRCRAFT JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT VEER OFF COURSE BY 5-10 FEET RESULTING IN THE LEFT WHEEL CONTACTING A SLIGHT DEPRESSION.  PILOT INITIATED CORRECTION BUT NOT IN TIME TO PREVENT THE RIGHT WING TIP FROM CONTACTING THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN GROUND LOOPED AND FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.  THE PILOT STATED HE DID OBSERVE A WIND SOCK AT HIS CABIN AND WAS LANDING IN MOST FAVORABLE DIRECTION.

## 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 ANC20CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA078), Aug 5, 2020: Greg Miller GOT Rocks (N9015U), Minchumina, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in an impact with a large hole and a nose-over.

## Other reports on N9015U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110129001479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129001479A), Jan 29, 2011: Miller Greg GOT ROCKS (N9015U), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Airman made a off airport landing on mount susitna. Landing was made on ski's in snow conditions. During the departure roll aircraft flipped over on its back.

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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