- Date
- May 28, 2022, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gulkana, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5773MPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- 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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220528008769A
- Case key
- 105144
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional during the landing rollout in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact 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
The pilot reported that, after a normal approach and touchdown on the centerline of the runway in crosswind conditions the airplane veered to the left. He attempted to correct for the veer with right brake and rudder control to no avail. The airplane exited the runway and impacted terrain, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, right wing, and right aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5773M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509082
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 6,700.2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hulslander Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 2022
- Departed
- North Pole, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- GKN · Gulkana, runway 33L, 2,300 × 60 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, 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
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 29, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 885 total · 15 in this make and model · 885 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- PAZK, 51 nm away
- METAR
- PAZK 281956Z AUTO 06007KT 010V100 10SM CLR 14/M04 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP152 T01391039
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.6 MB 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.