- Date
- September 17, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Glennallen, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3771PPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820917049879A
- Case key
- 71865
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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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.
Nose over
Planned approach - inadequateCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Analysis
The aircraft was flipped over by gusty tailwind after the pilot landed downwind. No logical reason offered for downwind landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3771P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4655
- Airframe hours
- 2,034
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald L. Sibley
- Registered owner
- Gerald L. Sibley
- Departed
- CZO · Chistochina, AK
- Destination
- (Remote Area), AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 12
N3771PRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 3,724 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °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 N3771P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.