- Date
- September 21, 2014, 17:30 local (Sep 22, 2014, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9013UMiller Gregory S Bushwacker
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 20140922017669A
- Case key
- 90134
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control on landing, resulting in the collision with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, the airplane was on stabilized approach to an airstrip. About 10-15 feet above the ground, the airplane encountered a gust of wind that caused a roll to the right. The right wing tip collided with the ground. The pilot decreased engine power and the left wing and left gear leg collided with the ground. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, the airplane was on stabilized approach to an airstrip. About 10-15 feet above the ground, the airplane encountered a gust of wind that caused a roll to the right. The right wing tip collided with the ground. The pilot decreased engine power and the left wing and left gear leg collided with the ground. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9013U
- Reported as
- Miller Gregory S Bushwacker (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Built
- 2004
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · May 31, 2014 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- Iliamna, AK
- Destination
- Iliamna, AK
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 1,900 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- PAIL, 17 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 855 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.