Piper PA-18 N7761D

Summary

On 13 September 2005 at about 21:45 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N7761D was involved in an accident near Nenana, 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

13 September 2005 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Nenana, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

64.1719, -150.4953

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N7761D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nenana → Nenana

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC05CA140

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was landing at a hunting campsite, where he had landed in the past. The grass-covered landing area is oriented northwest/southeast, and is about 600 feet long, and about 12 feet wide. The pilot said that he landed toward the southeast, and during the landing roll, the main landing gear tires encountered soft terrain. The airplane then nosed over and received structural damage to the rudder, the left wing, and the left wing lift strut. In the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) submitted by the pilot, the pilot reported that during the landing, a gust of wind resulted in a bounced landing. On the second contact with the landing area, the pilot indicated that he was unable to lower the tail of the airplane, and it began to rise, which resulted in a nose over. He reported the wind conditions as 220 degrees magnetic at 8 knots, gusts to 10 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.