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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC22LA071

2022-09-02 Port Alsworth, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5847X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON 10A

Year of manufacture

1941 · 81 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20041223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A78827

Registrant of record

FOWLER LEO W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot's delayed decision to execute a go-around maneuver while landing with a tailwind into a short strip, which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent loss of control.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he decided to land with a tailwind to avoid landing into the setting sun. The remote site he was landing at was approximately 800 ft long. He said that his touchdown speed was “fast” and when the airplane touched down, it bounced back into the air. He attempted a go-around, but the airplane “did not build speed back up,” at the end of the strip he opted to reduce engine power. The airplane subsequently landed in rough terrain and nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Decision making/judgment-Pilot
  • Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Tailwind-Decision related to condition

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_ANC22LA071.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 or causal vocabulary (loss of control, go-around). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

Browse the full corpus — academia portal ↗