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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC06CA077

2006-06-19 Takotna, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9622V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES INC A-1

Year of manufacture

1990 · 16 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19950310

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD6646

Registrant of record

VAN WYCK NICHOLAS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was soft terrain.

Factual narrative

The private certificated pilot reported he was landing his tundra tire-equipped airplane at an off-airport site during a Title 14, CFR Part 91 local flight. He said during a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge that during the landing roll on the soft and wet surface, he applied heavy braking. The airplane subsequently nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and one left wing strut. The pilot indicated that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, and that he just applied excessive braking during the landing roll. The private certificated pilot reported that he was landing his tundra tire-equipped airplane at an off-airport site during a Title 14, CFR Part 91 local flight. He said during a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge that during the landing roll on the soft and wet surface, he applied heavy braking. The airplane subsequently nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and one left wing strut. The pilot indicated that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, and that he just applied excessive braking during the landing roll. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2006_ANC06CA077.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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