# NTSB ANC06CA019: Kenetic Mountain Goat, N101MG, Palmer, AK, February 13, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 13, 2006, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Coordinates: 61.407775, -148.572219
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4078&lon=-148.5722&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 30, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Anchorage, FSDO-03
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06CA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63233/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA019

## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi, which resulted in the airplane nosing over while taxiing after landing.  A factor associated with the accident was the rough and uneven terrain.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The private pilot was conducting a local area personal flight  under Title 14, CFR Part 91, landing at various off airport sites.  He said that he landed on a gravel area, and while taxiing came to a puddle, about 40 feet in diameter with broken ice surrounding it.  He said he added speed to taxi through it, and about 3 feet from exiting the puddle, the ice around the edge broke off, and "stopped the tires dead."  The pilot said the airplane then nosed over.  He said there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.  He reported that the rudder and top of the wings were damaged during the accident.

## Factual narrative

The private pilot was conducting a local area personal flight  under Title 14, CFR Part 91, landing at various off airport sites.  He said that he landed on a gravel area, and while taxiing came to a puddle, about 40 feet in diameter with broken ice surrounding it.  He said he added speed to taxi through it, and about 3 feet from exiting the puddle, the ice around the edge broke off, and "stopped the tires dead."  The pilot said the airplane then nosed over.  He said there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.  He reported that the rudder and top of the wings were damaged during the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N101MG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101MG), registered now, S/N 0010, built 1997 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Kenetic Aviation Mountain Goat
- Registry model: [Kinetic Aviation/Montagne Bill MOUNTAIN GOAT](https://openairdocs.org/model/kinetic-aviation-montagne-bill-mountain-goat) (registry code 05618XP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 10
- Airframe hours: 635
- Engines: Lycoming IO 360B2E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kenetic Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner: Kenetic Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2005
- Departed: Palmer, AK
- Destination: Palmer, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; last flight review January 1, 2005; flight hours: 2,728 total, 1,900 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060213001569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060213001569A), Feb 13, 2006: Amtr MOUNTAINGOAT, Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot, with no passengers aboard, landed his "mountain goat" experimental single engine land airplane on remote gravel airstrip approximately 23 miles…

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.

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