- Date
- November 22, 1982, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1461APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821122070309A
- Case key
- 70339
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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 plt stated as he approached Cordova he smelled & observed smoke in the cockpit. He reduced power & commenced a modified approach to rwy 9 which was nearest his position. When he elected to add power the engine did not respond. The plt turned & landed on a road rather then try to reach the rwy. The temperature was 40 deg f & the dew point 34 deg f. the plt was not certain how long the eng was throttled before he added power & did not recall if he applied carburetor heat when he turned toward the arpt. The oil line to the input side of the oil cooler was found worn & leaking. It had allowed oil to escape & spray the eng. There were stains on the exhaust system showing that burning of some fluid had taken place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1461A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-370
- Airframe hours
- 2,186
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-C, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip David Roper
- Registered owner
- Philip David Roper
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
- Destination
- Tucson, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CDV · Cordova-Mile 13, runway 9, 7,499 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 82 in this make and model · 179 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Observed at
- CDV, 4 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.