# NTSB Accident ANC97LA006
> **Piper PA-22/20** · 1996-10-26 · KASILOF, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC97LA006
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06830
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-10-26
- **Location:** KASILOF, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 60.279666, -151.259445
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-22/20
- **Registration:** N7431D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude on final approach to land, which resulted in an undershoot and collision with a dirt bank before reaching the proper touchdown point.  A factor related to the accident was: the proximity of the frozen dirt bank at the approach end of the intended point of landing.

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