Piper PA-22-150 N3861P

Summary

On 8 December 2022 at about 23:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3861P was involved in an accident near Wasilla, 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

8 December 2022 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wasilla, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Goose Bay (Z40)

Coordinates

61.3945, -149.8436

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N3861P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1955

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Talkeetna → Wasilla

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC23LA017

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing site, which resulted in a nose over after the main landing gear wheels broke through deep snow on the snow-covered runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The instructor pilot of the tundra tire-equipped airplane reported that, during a touch-and-go maneuver on a snow-covered runway, the airplane decelerated rapidly as the main landing gear wheels touched down into the deep snow, and he was unable to perform the go around maneuver. The airplane subsequently nosed over sustaining substantial damage to the wing lift struts and rudder. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.