- Date
- April 25, 1983, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Soldotna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4396ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830425071329A
- Case key
- 4024
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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
Witnesses observed the acft maneuvering erratically near the arpt & anticipated the accident. The 1st approach to rwy 25WAS described as erratic with minimal apparent control which included an abrupt pull-up, stall, bounce, & go-around in aleft pattern at 300 ft AGL. The 2nd base leg was a very shallow(flat/skidding) turn & the acft disappeared behind trees. The plt had a history of disequilibrium & had intermittently been taking dyazide for hypertension of unknown doses. All of the plt's physicians & surgeons declined to provide information. The plt had not obtained a medical certificate SINCE12/28/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4396Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8727
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Lawrence Borgen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Kenai, AK
- Destination
- SXQ · Soldotna, AK
- Airport
- SXQ · Soldotna, runway 25, 4,973 × 130 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SXQ, 8 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.