# Incident 20250618008589I: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4-D, Anchorage, AK, June 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N692H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N692H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4-D (registry code 2621004, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-4-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 760A B D E&ET (registry code 67009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-760a-b-d-e-et) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS WRIGHT TRAVEL AIR 4-D
- Reported engine: WRIGHT 760A B D E&ET
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250618008589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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