- Date
- June 30, 2022, 18:00 local (Jul 1, 2022, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Beluga, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73AKKakeldey Ronald O Smith PA12 EXP
- 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)
- FAA report
- 20220630011219A
- Case key
- 105533
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control during the landing roll.
Findings · 1
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, during the landing roll, the airplane encountered a gust of wind that “flipped” the airplane over. Postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73AK
- Reported as
- Kakeldey Ronald O Smith PA12 EXP (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 05004
- Built
- 2008
- Engine
- Ly-Con IO-360 Exp, 180 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kruger Jon N
- Registered owner
- Kruger Jon N
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 246 total · 222 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- PASX, 42 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PASX 310056Z AUTO 24007KT 9SM SCT014 BKN027 OVC047 16/14 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01610139=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 631 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.