Piper PA-18-150 N4299Z

Summary

On 3 July 2009 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4299Z, operated by Kauffman Loren C, was involved in an accident near Homer, 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

3 July 2009 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Homer, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

59.7500, -151.0000

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4299Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kauffman Loren C

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Homer → Homer

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC09CA111

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's excessive airspeed during approach to compensate for turbulence, resulting in a hard landing and runway overrun.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing at an off-airport site surrounded by trees. The pilot stated that while on approach he increased his airspeed due to turbulence. The airplane landed hard and bounced. He added power to abort the landing, but realized that he could not climb over the trees at the end of the landing area and closed the engine throttle. As the airplane touched down again it continued off the end of the site and collided with brush. The pilot said that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane and that he should have used a slower approach airspeed or performed a go-around earlier in the landing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing spar and aileron.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.