- Date
- September 22, 2021, 19:00 local (Sep 23, 2021, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82448Piper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20210922012909A
- Case key
- 104038
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 control of the airplane after landing in gusty wind conditions.
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 after landing off-airport, a wind gust “picked up” the airplane and “dropped” it to the ground. He noted that the wind at the time of the accident was variable, about 35 kts with gusts to 40 kts. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane before the accident. The airplane sustained damage to the right-wing spars and several wing ribs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82448
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7909099
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 11,502
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Fejes Guide Service LTD
- Registered owner
- Fejes Guide Service LTD
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 2021
- Departed
- N/A · Cordova, 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
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 29,500 total · 11,500 in this make and model · 29,500 as pilot in command · 141 in the last 90 days · 69 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- PACV, 82 nm away
- METAR
- METAR PACV 230253Z 12007KT 10SM FEW025 SCT040 08/03 A2992
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 N82448 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.