Piper PA-22/20 N7431D

Summary

On 26 October 1996 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-22/20 registered N7431D was involved in an accident near Kasilof, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 October 1996 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kasilof, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.2797, -151.2594

Aircraft

Piper PA-22/20

Registration

N7431D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC97LA006

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude on final approach to land, which resulted in an undershoot and collision with a dirt bank before reaching the proper touchdown point. A factor related to the accident was: the proximity of the frozen dirt bank at the approach end of the intended point of landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot was conducting touch-and-go operations on a frozen lake adjacent to his property. A small frozen mound of dirt was located at the approach end of the lake. The pilot indicated that he was concerned about stopping on the frozen surface of the lake, and his approach path to the lake was a little low. The right main landing gear struck the mound of dirt before touchdown and was folded back against the fuselage. The airplane then contacted the surface of the lake and received damage to the right main landing gear, propeller, and the spar and outboard ribs of the right wing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.