# NTSB ANC82DAG34: Junior Ace D, N8537P, Ninilchik, AK, July 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Location: 60.0514° N, 151.6689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ninilchik, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0514&lon=-151.6689&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DAG34
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72018/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG34

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach
  - flt control syst,rudder control - jammed (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, approach
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS MANEUVERING TO LAND, THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL BECAME LOCKED IN THE"FULL UP POSITION." THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AIR IN UNCOORDINATED FLIGHT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND BANKED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN APPROACHING LARGE TREES WHILE IN A YAW. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE TO A STALL AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE COULD CLEAR THE TREES. SO HE REDUCED THE POWER AND CRASH LANDED IN AN AREA OF BRUSH AND TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8537P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8537P-1984-10-26), registration cancelled 1984-10-26, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JUNIOR ACE D
- Registry model: [Young Ansel E JUNIOR ACE D](https://openairdocs.org/model/young-ansel-e-junior-ace-d) (registry code 0030443) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 58
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ansal Young
- Registered owner: Ansal Young
- Departed: SOLDOTNA, AK
- Destination: CALISTOGA, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 258 total, 58 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles

## 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 19820709032849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820709032849A), Jul 9, 1982: Amtraa BABYACEJRE, Ninilchik, AK, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during attempted landing after rudder pedal jammed in out position.

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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