On June 15, 1993, a Piper PA-18-150 (registration N2571H) operated by Wolf Trail Lodge, Inc. was involved in an aviation accident near Skwentna, AK. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: THE PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO LAND ON. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH/UNEVEN, SOFT TERRAIN. This summary draws on records from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) historical archive.
An aircraft owned by a hunting lodge nosed over onto its back during rollout on a soft sod strip while the pilot prepared for moose hunting season improvements.
What happened
The airplane was operated by a hunting lodge. The pilot in command landed at a remote sod strip to make improvements to a moose hunting camp located nearby. This was the pilot's first flight into the strip this season. During the landing rollout, the plane traversed a soft humus area and nosed over onto its back.
The investigation
The source text does not provide details on mechanical examination or post-accident findings beyond the immediate physical outcome of the event.
Findings
The accident occurred during the landing phase. Contributing factors included the soft ground conditions of the sod strip, which caused the aircraft to nosed over onto its back upon rollout.
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