- Date
- February 26, 1982, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3404APiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820226001029A
- Case key
- 69935
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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Analysis
The pilot was taxiing to the tie-down area when the right ski/landing gear failed. The pilot attributed the failure to age and noted that ice landings are hard on ski equipped aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3404A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 201069
- Airframe hours
- 2,115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen J. Gerrish
- Registered owner
- Stephen J. Gerrish
- Departed
- Field Site, AK
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- Kuskokwim River
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 384 total · 300 in this make and model · 326 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 59 °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 N3404A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.