- Date
- July 18, 2012, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Whittier, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3764ZPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-03
- FAA report
- 20120718015229A
- Case key
- 84377
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from brush during landing, which resulted in a loss of control.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while landing on a remote gravel bar, the right wingtip of the airplane struck brush, and the airplane ground looped to the right. During the ground loop, the left wing dragged on the ground, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that while landing on a remote gravel bar, the right wingtip of the airplane struck brush, resulting in a ground loop to the right. During the ground loop, the left wing dragged on the ground resulting in substantial damage to the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3764Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7527
- Airframe hours
- 4,328
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Williams Michael J
- Registered owner
- Williams Michael J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 2011
- Departed
- 4AK6 · Wolf Lake, AK
- Destination
- Whittier, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 21, 2011
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 534 total · 310 in this make and model · 508 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3764Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.