29 Sep 2010: PIPER PA-18-150 — Dusti Navarro

29 Sep 2010: PIPER PA-18-150 — Dusti Navarro

No fatalities • Anchorage, AK, United States

Probable cause

The student pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for an off-airport landing, resulting in the airplane nosing over.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

The student pilot reported he was on a personal local flight when he elected to make an off-airport landing. During the landing the main landing gear encountered a ditch that had been obscured by tall grass. The student pilot said that when the landing gear struck the ditch, the airplane nosed over. He said prior to the accident there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.

Contributing factors

  • cause Pilot
  • Contributed to outcome

Conditions

Weather
VMC, vis 10sm

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