Piper PA-18-150 N13833

Summary

On 20 August 2005 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N13833, operated by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was involved in an accident near Cold Foot, 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

20 August 2005 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cold Foot, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

68.2300, -148.7133

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N13833

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cold Foot → Cold Foot

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC05TA126

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing down during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was the rough and uneven terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was conducting a 14 CFR Part 91 public use flight, and was landing the tundra tire-equipped, tailwheel airplane on an off-airport landing site in support of federal law enforcement activities. The pilot said he landed on an unimproved strip of tundra, and during the landing roll the right main wheel hit an unseen ledge, and then a hole, and nosed down. According to the pilot, there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The operator said the airplane sustained a broken engine mount, and structural damage to the forward fuselage and firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.