Accident · 2006-05-28

NTSB case ANC06CA065 · Piper PA-12 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2006-05-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Piper PA-12 (N2945M)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Robbie D. Speer Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Robbie D. Speer

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for a tailwind during the landing flare, which resulted in an in-flight collision with snow-covered terrain during an aborted landing. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind and rising terrain.

Source: NTSB case ANC06CA065

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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