- Date
- October 7, 1982, 16:30 local (Oct 8, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phillips Field, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4946MPiper PA-20-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821007054389A
- Case key
- 72210
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during a landing, the aircraft bounced a little. Reportedly, he recovered from the bounce, then the plane started to veer off the runway toward parked aircraft. While corecting with brakes, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4946M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-637
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter G. Lyon
- Registered owner
- Walter G. Lyon
- Departed
- PII · Phillips Field, AK
- Destination
- PII · Phillips Field, AK
- Airport
- PII · Phillips Field, runway 6, 3,300 × 20 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,851 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,826 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 95 °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 N4946M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.