Piper PA-18 N6760B

Summary

On 1 June 2007 at about 19:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N6760B was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, 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

1 June 2007 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Talkeetna, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.4550, -148.6019

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N6760B

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

ANC07CA042

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delay in aborting the landing, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo private pilot was landing at a remote airstrip on a Title 14, CFR Part 91, cross-country personal flight. The pilot said that the gravel-covered airstrip was about 800 feet long and about 20 feet wide, and he inadvertently allowed the airplane to touchdown about midway on the site. He attempted to abort the landing by abruptly advancing the throttle, but the engine was unable to produce full power before the airplane contacted high brush and trees at the departure end of the site. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.