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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4-D · Anchorage, AK · June 18, 2025

Date
June 18, 2025 · 12:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N692H
Reported as
Curtiss Wright Travel AIR 4-D
Reported engine
WRIGHT 760A B D E&ET
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While atempting to landing, crosswind gust hit aircraft, causing temporary loss of control, which led to the lower left wingtip to strike a runway light. FAA designee was onboard as the passenger and indicated that the gust came so quickly that he would not have been able to react in time. Gusty winds were not reported. Appeared to be an unavoidable incident.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATEMPTING TO LANDING, CROSSWIND GUST HIT AIRCRAFT, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL, WHICH LED TO THE LOWER LEFT WINGTIP TO STRIKE A RUNWAY LIGHT. FAA DESIGNEE WAS ONBOARD AS THE PASSENGER AND INDICATED THAT THE GUST CAME SO QUICKLY THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACT IN TIME. GUSTY WINDS WERE NOT REPORTED. APPEARED TO BE AN UNAVOIDABLE INCIDENT.