Piper PA-18-150 N3858Z

Summary

On 14 June 2011 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N3858Z, operated by Adam J. Grenda, was involved in an accident near Palmer, 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

14 June 2011 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Palmer, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.5031, -148.9411

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N3858Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Adam J. Grenda

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chugiak → Palmer

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11CA047

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control while landing in a crosswind.

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 a remote, gravel-covered, off-airport site with a left crosswind. On touchdown, the airplane bounced and became airborne. He recovered from the bounce, and added power to cushion the landing, but a gust of wind lifted the left wing before touchdown. He aborted the landing, and added full engine power, but the airplane weather-vaned into the wind, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane received substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.