Piper PA 18A 150 N2868P

Summary

On 20 July 2015 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA 18A 150 registered N2868P, operated by Adam Redman, was involved in an accident near Beluga, 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.

Date

20 July 2015 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Beluga, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

55.9197, -159.4898

Aircraft

Piper PA 18A 150

Registration

N2868P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1955

Engines

1

Operator

Adam Redman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Beluga Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC15CA059

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to land with insufficient obstacle clearance. The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after landing resulting in a collision with terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing at a remote, off airport site in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. He stated that he made two low passes over the intended landing site, which was narrow, but in good condition, with willow bushes lining both sides of the strip. After landing, the left wing struck willow bushes, the airplane veered off the strip and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.