- Date
- October 9, 1982, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6843APiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821009052179A
- Case key
- 69774
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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
Shortly after departure the flt received radar vectors placing it near a VFR reporting point located 4 mi past the departure end of rwy 32 & 2 mi east of the rwy centerline. Traffic advisories were issued by approach control indicating a beoing 747 climbing northbound & a Boeing 747 on departure from rwy 32. The check plt stated he saw the Boeing 747 climbing northbound which passed in front & at a lower altitude. He then loosened his seatbelt to look for the other Boeing 747. Moments later the acft sustained a severe jolt throwing the check plt against the ceiling of the acft injuring his neck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6843A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-8054001
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerome P. Bushnell
- Registered owner
- Walter D. Wells
- Departed
- C · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- C · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Anchorage International
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 77 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.