Probable cause
The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable landing site, which resulted in the nosewheel collapsing.
NTSB analysis
The pilot of a twin-engine, turbine-powered airplane was landing at a remote, rough, soft, turf and grass covered airstrip at the completion of a Part 135 cargo flight. He said that after an uneventful touchdown, as the airplane’s landing roll slowed, the right main landing gear wheel and the nose wheel contacted an area of soft, muddy terrain. The airplane’s nose wheel collapsed, and it subsequently folded under the fuselage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical problems that would have precluded normal operations.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC22LA042 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 8, 2022
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Chisana, Alaska
- Nearest airport
- Chisana Airport (CZN)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Dusk
Short Bros. & Harland SC7
- N-number
- N731E
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1968
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 135 (charter and commuter)
- Purpose of flight
- Business
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.