# Incident 20230617008559I: Michael G Darby DARD 1, Anchorage, AK, June 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2023, 11:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N696AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N696AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Michael G Darby DARD 1 (registry code 05640ZB, https://openairdocs.org/model/michael-g-darby-dard-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MICHAEL G DARBY DARD 1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 15 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230617008559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM CFI IN BACK SEAT. PILOT PERFORMED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. AFTER PERFORMING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT MRI THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT AND THE CFI CALLED FOR MORE LEFT RUDDER AND PILOT COMPLIED. AFTER THE RIGHT WHEEL DEPARTED THE RUNWAY THE CFI CALLED FOR LEFT BRAKE AND AS PILOT FLYING COMPLIED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE BREAKAWAY SIGN MARKING THE TAXIWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY GOLF. PILOT THEN TAXIED BACK TO PARKING AND REPORTED THE EVENT TO THE TOWER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N696AK (1)

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

- [Accident 20240317002909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240317002909A), Mar 17, 2024: Michael G Darby DARD 1 (N696AK), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On March 17, 2024 at approximately 1420L, an airplane on wheel skiis, after a departure from mri with a trip to lake george returned to mri for landing. During…

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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