# NTSB ANC82DAG28: Piper PA-18, N9089D, Kenai, AK, May 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1982, 22:45 local (May 30, 1982, 06:45 UTC)
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 29, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71245
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DAG28
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71245/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG28

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT WAS GIVING PASSENGERS RIDES ALONG BISHOP CREEK. HE WAS REPORTED AS FLYING LOW AND ERRATIC. ON THE LAST FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS, THE WING DIPPED & CAUGHT THE WATER. THE ACFT THEN CARTWHEELED. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 196 MG%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9089D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9089D-2013-09-19), registration cancelled 2013-09-19, S/N 18-6464, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18-6464
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90 95 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dudley D. Kirk
- Registered owner: Dudley D. Kirk
- Departed: KENAI, AK
- Destination: KENAI, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 350 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 109 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820529020399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529020399A), May 29, 1982: Piper PA18, Kenai, AK, Destroyed. Observed doing wingovers a few feet above water. Crashed into water on last wingover. Alcohol blood level 196 mgs.

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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