Piper PA-18-160 N814JM

Summary

On 17 May 2003 at about 02:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-160 registered N814JM was involved in an accident near Kenai, 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

17 May 2003 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.5833, -151.2167

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-160

Registration

N814JM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Alsworth → Kenai

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC03LA050

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for gusting wind conditions during the landing flare, which resulted in the airplane encountering brush, and nosing over. Factors contributing to the accident were high brush, and gusting winds.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said he was landing at his private airstrip, and the wind drifted the airplane to the right of the landing tracks. He said the brush to the side of the tracks had not been cut, and was higher than normal. He said when the airplane encountered the brush during the landing roll, it nosed over. The pilot said the airplane sustained damage to one wing, the lift struts, rudder, landing gear, and fuselage. He said the wind may have been gusting to as high as 20 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.