# NTSB Accident ANC05CA096
> **Piper PA-18-160** · 2005-07-06 · Hope, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC05CA096
- **Event ID:** 20050916X01478
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-07-06
- **Location:** Hope, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 60.5, -150.333328
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-18-160
- **Registration:** N18VF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance and altitude during an approach to land at an off-airport landing site, which resulted in an undershoot, and subsequent in-flight collision with trees and tundra-covered terrain.  A factor in the accident was trees.

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