Piper PA-14 N5114H

Summary

On 8 August 2006 at about 20:15 local time, a Piper PA-14 registered N5114H was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, United States. 3 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.

Date

8 August 2006 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Talkeetna, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Talkeetna (PATK)

Coordinates

62.3206, -150.0936

Aircraft

Piper PA-14

Registration

N5114H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Talkeetna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06CA117

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent collision with a ditch. Factors contributing to the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot reported that he was landing a tundra tire-equipped airplane on an asphalt surface runway at the conclusion of a Title 14, CFR Part 91 crosscountry personal flight. The pilot said there was a 6 knot crosswind from the right that was about 40 degrees from the runway direction. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right, departed the runway, and collided with a ditch. The airplane received structural damage to the fuselage at the right main landing gear attach point.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.