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Chitina, AK
THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING AT OR NEAR MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT. HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR A SHORT-FIELD LANDING AT 80 KNOTS AIRSPEED. HE STATED THAT AT TEN FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, RIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, THE AIRCRAFT SLIPPED SIDEWAYS, STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE LANDING GEAR.
AN INADVERTENT STALL WHILE ON APPROACH. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE REMEDIAL ACTION WAS A FACTOR.
On July 4, 1995, approximately 1100 Alaska daylight time, a Beech 36 airplane, N8067U, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at McCarthy #2 airstrip, located approximately 75 miles east of Chitina, Alaska. The private pilot and his three passengers were uninjured. The pleasure flight last departed Gulkana, Alaska, approximately 1000, with an intended destination of McCarthy #2. No flight plan was filed for the flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot stated that he was landing at or near gross weight, and was established on final approach for a short-field landing at 80 knots airspeed. He stated that, at 10 feet above the ground, above the end of the runway, the aircraft slipped sideways, stalled, and impacted the runway with a side load on the landing gear, substantially damaging the left wing.