- Date
- November 25, 1982, 14:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4226HPiper PA-14
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 69776
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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 that during an earlier takeoff from a frozen lake that he struck an unknown object imbedded in deep snow. He noticed that his right gear & ski were damaged, & continued his flight to Anchorage. Approaching Anchorage he was advised by lake hood tower that the lakes & canal are notamed closed due to rutted uneven ice conditions & that a landing would be at his own risk. He was also informed by the tower that his right ski appeared to be missing. The plt acknowledged the information & told the tower he would land out in the middle of lake hood. During landing the damaged gear dug into the ice & the acft ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4226H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-29
- Airframe hours
- 8,841
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Franklin Creason
- Registered owner
- William H. Merrill, Jr.
- Departed
- C · Little Susitna, AK
- Destination
- C · Lake Hood, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood, runway 9, 4,540 × 150 ft, ice
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 69 in this make and model · 315 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC
Other investigations on N4226H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.