Piper PA-18-105 N5489H

Summary

On 29 September 2000 at about 03:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-105 registered N5489H was involved in an accident near Slana, 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

29 September 2000 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Slana, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.8293, -143.4299

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-105

Registration

N5489H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gakona → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC00LA134

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent touch down. A factor associated with the accident was deep snow on the airstrip.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated private pilot was making a low pass over a snow-covered airstrip, when he inadvertently allowed the main wheels to touch down. As the airplane touched down, the main wheels contacted deep snow on the runway, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wing lift struts, and the rudder. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. The pilot did not submit a Pilot/Operator report (NTSB form 6120.1/2).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.