# Incident 20250301001009I: Kucera Thomas TUNDRAIR KING, Wasilla, AK, March 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wasilla Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5720° N, 149.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASILLA (IYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5720&lon=-149.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kucera Thomas TUNDRAIR KING (registry code 9570434, https://openairdocs.org/model/kucera-thomas-tundrair-king) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KUCERA THOMAS TUNDRAIR KING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250301001009I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 1, 2025, APPROXIMATELY 1300 LOCAL TIME, DURING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING FROM LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK, AK TO WASILLA AIRPORT, AK TO REFUEL HIS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO HEADING TO WOLF LAKE AIRPORT. DURING THE SHORT AND FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 4 AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. THE PROP WAS STILL WINDMILLING. PIC QUICKLY SET FULL FLAPS AND PULLED THE YOKE FULL BACK AND GUIDED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED IN THE AIR AGAIN, THE PIC LOST CONTROL AND CRASH LANDED INTO AN ICE BERM/DITCH APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N62TK (1)

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

- [Accident 20260505004929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260505004929A), May 5, 2026: Kucera Thomas TUNDRAIR KING (N62TK), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed Picnic Strip, heading east (heading 110) and reached approximately 50 feet AGL before initiating a 30-degree left bank to heading 060 . A…

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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