- Date
- October 4, 1982, 08:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near King Salmo, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N54247Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821004051579A
- Case key
- 71879
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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
According to the pilot, he began taking off with a right quartering headwind. As the plane lifted off, a gust of wind was encountered and the aircraft moved sideward and down. Subsequently, the right main gear contacted the ground and separated. The nose then struck the ground and the aircraft bounced and flipped over. A small fire erupted in the engine compartment, but the pilot extinguished it with the aircraft's fire extinguisher.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54247
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7609049
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Judy A. And Curtis C. Classen
- Registered owner
- Judy A. And Curtis C. Classen
- Departed
- Near King Salmo, AK
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,100 total · 4,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 97 °F
- Observed at
- AKN, 50 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 N54247 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.