Plane Crash List

Piper PA-22-160 N9028D

6 September 2004 · Kenai, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 September 2004 at about 23:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-160 registered N9028D was involved in an accident near Kenai, Alaska, United States. 2 people were 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.

The record

Date
at 23:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Kenai, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
60.7500, -151.6167
Aircraft
Piper PA-22-160
Registration
N9028D
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Soldotna → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC04LA118

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing/takeoff site, which resulted in a loss of control and a nose over during an aborted takeoff. Factors in the accident were soft terrain, and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot reported he had successfully landed his airplane on a remote, off-airport beach. During the subsequent takeoff attempt, the airplane encountered soft sand, and he was unable to maintain directional control. He aborted the takeoff, but the airplane nosed over in the sand as it came to a stop, and received structural damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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