- Date
- March 2, 1982, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Gulkana, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N8293CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820302002189A
- Case key
- 71869
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he arrived at crosswinds lake, made a low pass and attempted to contact the wheels on the snow to determine if a landing was possible. The wheels broke through the crust on the snow and the aircraft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8293C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4114
- Airframe hours
- 3,758
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy E. Callaway
- Registered owner
- Roy E. Callaway
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Crosswind Lake, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 309 total · 226 in this make and model · 259 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N8293C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.