- Date
- September 15, 2023, 18:30 local (Sep 16, 2023, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- McGrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1755PPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing: 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
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230915015129A
- Case key
- 193106
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 failure to maintain directional control during after encountering a wind gust during landing that resulted in an 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, while landing at a remote, off-airport site, a gust of wind pushed the airplane into a stand of trees, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and right wing lift strut. He stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot did not provide an NTSB Form 6120.1 Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1755P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4075
- Built
- 1957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- 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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 995 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.34 inHg
- Observed at
- AMC, 2 nm away
- METAR
- PAMC 152353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/04 A2934 RMK AO2 SLP941 T01220044 10122 20050 58007
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 28, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 352 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.
Other investigations on N1755P · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.