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| Date: | Tuesday 15 March 2011 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Lewis M Hiatt |
| Registration: | N81074 |
| MSN: | 10368 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Goose Bay, AK (Z30) |
| Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was landing his tailwheel-equipped airplane and encountered a gust of wind that lifted the left wing. The airplane ground looped to the left, striking the right wing on the runway. The airplane then exited the left side of the runway, hit a snow berm, and nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Substantial damage was sustained to the right wing and vertical stabilizer.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing, resulting in a ground loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC11CA016
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1991 | N81074 | Stanley Joe Kindblade | 0 | Kenai, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 14:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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