- Date
- December 29, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Girdwood, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2447PPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881229056889A
- Case key
- 5155
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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Analysis
The private pilot escaped injury when his airplane collided with snow removal vehicles while landing at the Girdwood airport, Girdwood, AK. The pilot reported that he flew over the airstrip, in his ski-equipped airplane, saw the equipment on the runway, and returned to do a touch and go landing, hoping that the equipment would move once they saw his airplane approach the field. He completed the touch and go, and came around for a full stop landing. His landing roll took longer than he had anticipated, and as he neared the end of the runway, he turned the airplane to slow it down and to head for a clear area at the end of the strip. In the process, he turned towards the maintenance vehicles, lost directional control, and struck both vehicles, causing superficial damage to them and substantial damage to the airplane. The maintenance vehicles were parked outside the runway perimeter marking cones, and the field had an active notice to airmen regarding men and equipment on the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2447P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2818
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Duncan, David G.
- Registered owner
- Volstadt, Tim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- AQY · Girdwood, runway 1, 2,100 × 80 ft, ice
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F
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 N2447P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.