19890921036029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Talkeetna, AK · September 21, 1989

Date
September 21, 1989 · 17:00 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2460A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA173
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,625 total1,525 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine went to idle on climbout from undeveloped strip. Crashed into trees. Passenger may have bumped throttle.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE WENT TO IDLE ON CLIMBOUT FROM UNDEVELOPED STRIP. CRASHED INTO TREES. PASSENGER MAY HAVE BUMPED THROTTLE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.