# Accident 20220829015499A: Story Charles Brad TT FOX, Wasilla, AK, August 29, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2022, 12:45 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6376° N, 149.3005° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6376&lon=-149.3005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2723P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2723P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Story Charles Brad TT FOX (registry code 05640JT, https://openairdocs.org/model/story-charles-brad-tt-fox) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STORY CHARLES BRAD TT FOX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220829015499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A HANGAR NEXT TO THE GRAVEL CROSSWIND RUNWAY.  MULTIPLE WITNESSES STATE THAT THE PILOT REPORTED BEING IN THE DOWNWIND FOR THE PAVED RUNWAY (018) PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  WITNESSES ARE CONSISTENT IN STATING THAT THEY HEARD TWO OR THREE SHARP RISES IN RPM JUST PRIOR TO THE CRASH AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A RIGHT HAND TURN WITH THE RIGHT WING LOW. WITNESSES ALSO STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BE GOING FAST AND LIKELY WOULD HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT SPEED TO GAIN ALTITUDE TO AVOID THE TREE AND HANGAR. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TOP OF A BIRCH TREE JUST PRIOR TO CRASING INTO THE HANGAR.  NEIGHBORS GAINED ACCESS TO THE HANGAR BY REMOVING A SIDE DOOR AND REMOVED THE PILOT FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC22FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22FA069), Aug 29, 2022: Story Charles Brad TT FOX (N2723P), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain control of the airplane for reasons that could not be determined.

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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