- Date
- April 17, 1983, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1827APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830417014249A
- Case key
- 4022
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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 acft collided with a tree during a forced landing and nosed over. The pilot reported that he made the takeoff with the fuel selector in the left tank position. Visual inspection of the left tank revealed no fuel in the tank except for residual fuel. Test of the fuel remaining indicated use of automotive gasoline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1827A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1678
- Airframe hours
- 3,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vince Morrison
- Registered owner
- Kenneth D. Mcdonald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Chugiak, AK
- Destination
- Knik, AK
- Airport
- John Graybill, runway 27, 1,200 × 20 ft, gravel
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 100 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 18 nm away
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 N1827A · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.