- Date
- January 28, 2022, 11:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwenta, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N189BHPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 104582
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a tree while landing.
Findings · 2
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
The pilot of the ski equipped airplane reported that, during landing at an off-airport landing site, the airplane drifted towards a tree. The pilot increased the throttle and attempted to lift the wing over the tree to no avail. The airplane impacted the tree sustaining substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N189BH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7322
- Built
- 1960
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Destination
- PAGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 410 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.32 inHg
- Observed at
- PAWS, 12 nm away
- METAR
- PAWS 282056Z AUTO 07011G21KT 030V100 10SM FEW075 M01/M09 A2932 RMK AO2 SLP934 T10061094 51008 FZRANO