Piper PA-18 N3236P

Summary

On 24 October 2007 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N3236P was involved in an accident near Anchorage, 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

24 October 2007 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.3683, -150.0519

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N3236P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chugiak → Anchorage

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC08CA008

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area which resulted in an on ground encounter with terrain, and a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was landing at a snow and ice-covered off-airport site in a tailwheel-equipped airplane during a Title 14, CFR Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that after landing, the airplane's main landing gear wheels broke through a thin layer of ice, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained structural damage to the right wing lift strut. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.