# NTSB ANC26LA005: Piper PA-31-350, N4112D, Eek, AK, November 17, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 16, 2025, 20:28 local (Nov 17, 2025, 05:28 UTC) - Place: Eek, AK - Coordinates: 60.215306, -162.04337 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2153&lon=-162.0434&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 202027 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA005 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202027/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202027 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA005 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of directional control when the airplane encountered snow and ice on the runway while landing at night in gusting crosswind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause) - [Light condition: dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause) - [Object/animal/substance: snow/ice](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022060): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause) ## Analysis The pilot reported that after landing, during the landing roll, at night, in gusting crosswinds, the right main landing gear struck ice and a snow drift which caused the airplane to veer right. The pilot attempted to correct with opposite rudder; however, the airplane continued to slide on the ice and impacted a snow berm, which collapsed the nose gear. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the nose and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4112D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4112D), registered now, S/N 31-8353004 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350 - Registry model: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 31-8353004 - Year built: 1983 - Airframe hours: 36154 - Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD 350 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming LTIO-540-J2BD 350 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 135 - Operator: Yute Air - Registered owner: Yr-Aircraft Leasing LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, November 8, 2025, 79 hours before - Departed: PAPM, Platinum, AK - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: EEK, Eek, runway 18/36, 3,242 × 60 ft, snow - Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2025; seat: left; flight hours: 1,986 total, 454 in this make and model, 1,630 as pilot in command, 206 in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 100° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,600 ft overcast - Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 28.84 inHg - Observed at: AQH, 29 nm away - METAR: METAR PAQH 170456Z AUTO 10013KT 10SM FEW020 OVC026 02/02 A2884 RMK AO2 UPE0357B17E30RAB04E48 SLP765 P0000 T00220017 FZRANO ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20251116016039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251116016039A), Nov 16, 2025: Piper PA-31-350, Eek, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed in a left crosswind (170 20G26) and encounted a hard snow drift on the runway. Right main gear dug into the snowdrift causing it depart the… ## Other investigations on N4112D (3) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ANC98LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA167), Sep 17, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 (N4112D), Noorvik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the pilot to follow the aircraft checklist, and an inadvertent wheels up landing. - [NTSB ANC93LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA105), Jun 29, 1993: Piper PA-31-350 (N4112D), Gambell, AK, no damage. Probable cause: INTENTIONAL PERSONAL INJURY. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PERSON'S PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION, AND THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT PROCEDURES/AIRPORT STAFF BY THE OPERATOR(S). - [NTSB ANC85FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA041), Jan 27, 1985: Piper PA-31-350 (N4112D), Savoonga, AK, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 22, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202027. 9.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 8.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20157089&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20N4112D%20(1)_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 562 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20188423&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.