- Date
- September 23, 1982, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Port Alswo, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5907YPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820923051789A
- Case key
- 71913
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.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he was landing on the tundra as he had done before. After rolling about 3/4 of the way down the strip, the main wheels hit a dip and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5907Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8414
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Norman Holt
- Registered owner
- Robert Norman Holt
- Departed
- Z30 · Port Alsworth, AK
- Destination
- AK
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 285 total · 285 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 104 °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 N5907Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.