# Accident 20210124000639A: Piper PA-14, Anchorage, AK, January 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2021, 17:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2106° N, 149.8406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2106&lon=-149.8406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4265H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4265H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-14
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210124000639A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS PROVIDING TAILWHEEL INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT AT PAMR. PERFORMED MULTIPLE LANDINGS ON RWY 25 BEFORE ENTERING EXTENDED PATTERN FOR FULL STOP RWY 23. SNOW APPEARED PACKED ON RWY. WHEN STUDENT LANDED, PLANE BEGAN TO DRIFT RIGHT. PIC TRIED TO CORRECT DRIFT, BUT RIGHT MAIN WHEEL LODGED IN DEEP SNOW. AIRCRAFT SLOWED, STOPPED, AND FLIPPED ON TO BACK. ALL EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. PILOT CALLED TOWER ON PHONE TO REPORT ACCIDENT. ARFF ARRIVED AND ASSISTED PILOT, ARFF ALSO ALERTED NTSB. PILOT CALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH NTSB, SENT PICTURES, AND PLANE WAS RELEASED AND ALLOWED TO BE MOVED.

## 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 ANC21LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA012), Jan 25, 2021: Piper PA-14 (N4265H), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot’s selection of an unsuitable snow-covered runway for landing practice, and the pilot under instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during a landing roll, which…

## Other reports on N4265H (1)

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

- [Incident 20200618010559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200618010559I), Jun 18, 2020: Piper PA-14 (N4265H), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Investigation: on the third approach and landing (touch and go), the touchdown was normal. The pilot applied forward pressure on the stick to put more weight…

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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