- Date
- September 8, 1982, 19:00 local (Sep 9, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Clear, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9104DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820908045459A
- Case key
- 71854
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that immediately after lift-off the acft began a right turn. He applied full left rudder & left aileron but the acft did not respond. It continued to turn right until it struck trees on the right side of the strip. The plt thought there was a malfunction of the flt control system of the cal center conversion. No malfunctions were found during the investigation. The acft had flown only 6 hrs since the conversion was installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9104D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6483
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Wallace W. Rochester
- Registered owner
- Wallace W. Rochester
- Departed
- Near Clear, AK
- Destination
- Near Clear, AK
- Airport
- Bush Strip, runway 15, 1,100 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 in this make and model · 90 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °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 N9104D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.