Piper PA-28-140 N5626U

Summary

On 27 November 2022 at about 11:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N5626U, operated by Fly Around Alaska LLC, 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

27 November 2022 at 11:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Merrill Field Airport (MRI)

Coordinates

61.2158, -149.8558

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N5626U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1969

Engines

1

Operator

Fly Around Alaska LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palmer → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC23LA014

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported he was on a solo cross-country flight. The airport runway conditions were reported as good, braking deceleration and directional control was normal. As the airplane crossed over the approach end of the runway, the pilot felt he needed to lose a little more airspeed and held a flare a little longer and landed further down the runway. Upon touchdown the airplane began to slide to the left of centerline. The pilot attempted a go-around maneuver by adding power. The pilot was unable to correct back to centerline, which resulted in a runway excursion. The airplane impacted taxiway signs and lights sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.