- Date
- September 27, 1982
- Place
- Nr. White Mount, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7765HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820927049729A
- Case key
- 72057
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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 aircraft collided with the tundra during a forced landing in marginal weather. The pilot said the engine continued to lose engine RPM even though he used carburetor heat. The carburetor heat hose was found to be badly deteriorated during post accident examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7765H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-663
- Airframe hours
- 2,973
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard M. Patterson
- Registered owner
- Louis H. Green, Jr.
- Departed
- C · Bear Creek #1, AK
- Destination
- C · Nome, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 852 total · 60 in this make and model · 731 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- 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.