- Date
- August 14, 1982, 08:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Icy Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6954BPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820814038259A
- Case key
- 71138
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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
While on a cross country flight, the pilot landed on a small lake to add fuel to the aircraft from cans carried in the aircraft. After departing the lake he encountered weather and attempted to transition to instrument flight when a hole he was using to climb through closed up. He stated that moments before collision with a 85 degree upslope he saw the trees, pulled the power off and nosed up into a stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6954B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 224234
- Airframe hours
- 1,516
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Charles Meismer
- Registered owner
- Thomas Charles Meismer
- Departed
- C · Valdez, AK
- Destination
- C · Yakutat, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 431 total · 321 in this make and model · 384 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.