Piper PA 18A 150 N9299D

Summary

On 22 April 2014 at about 03:05 local time, a Piper PA 18A 150 registered N9299D was involved in an accident near Kenai, 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

22 April 2014 at 03:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.1594, -152.7014

Aircraft

Piper PA 18A 150

Registration

N9299D

Category

Airplane

Year built

1958

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chugiak → Kenai

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC14CA023

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff, resulting in a collision with terrain and ground loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was taking off from a sloping beach in his tailwheel-equipped airplane. The pilot stated that the tide had come in, narrowing his takeoff path. During the takeoff roll, the airplane's right main landing gear tire hit an object on the beach, the airplane pivoted to the left, and the left wing struck a group of alders. The airplane ground looped, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.