# NTSB ANC82DA066: Piper PA-17, N4582H, Anchorage, AK, August 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1982, 08:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.160583, -149.990173 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1606&lon=-149.9902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69768
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69768/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA066

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - initiated, pilot in command
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-ACCIDENT MALFUNCTION OF FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4582H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4582H), registered now, S/N 17-7, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-17
- Registry model: [Piper PA-17](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-17) (registry code 7101702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17-7
- Airframe hours: 2152
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Michael J. Fullerton
- Registered owner: Michael J. Fullerton
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Airport: MRI, Merrill Field, runway 24, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 335 total, 8 in this make and model, 182 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRI

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820804034719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820804034719A), Aug 4, 1982: Piper PA17, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing in a light crosswind. Pilot lacked experience in tailwheel aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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