- Date
- June 15, 1982, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7781DPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820615022869A
- Case key
- 71946
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
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
Pilot landed on a glacier and nosed over. Aircraft occupants were rescued after being sighted by a commercial carrier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7781D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5970
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne J. Cooper
- Registered owner
- Wayne J. Cooper
- Departed
- Kuskokwim River, AK
- Destination
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
N7781DRegistered 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
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 N7781D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.