- Date
- September 19, 1983, 19:37 local (Sep 20, 1983, 03:37 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2810MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830919074229A
- Case key
- 4060
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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
While approaching merrill field the eng quit. The acft landed on a city road & the gear collapsed. The wx in the vicinity of the accident site had marginal conditions with both rain & fog. The temp/dew point spread was 2 deg f. the plt attributed the eng failure to carb ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2810M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1263
- Airframe hours
- 1,782
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry C. Gierke
- Registered owner
- Bernie M. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- Tyonek, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 6, 4,000 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,107 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 160 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 2 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.