Overview
An incident occurred at an island airstrip involving a pilot who had returned to pick up passengers. According to a witness, after landing, the aircraft swerved to the left and cut the tops of Tangantangan trees. The pilot declined to provide a written statement to the Safety Board.
Pilot's Account
In an interview with the FAA, the pilot reported that he was carrying supplies to the island for workers who were clearing a wider path for the aircraft to land on. During final approach, he aligned the aircraft to the left of the runway, clipping trees with the left wing.
Witness and FAA Records
The witness statement corroborated the aircraft's leftward swerve and contact with tree tops. FAA records disclosed that the pilot had been denied a medical certificate in 1996.