- Date
- January 30, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2904MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830130067919A
- Case key
- 4096
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Analysis
The student plt stated that on the landing roll with a 7 kt right x-wind, the acft began drifting to the left. Reportedly, he tried to correct with right rudder, but the fire extinguisher had come loose & became jammed under the right rudder pedal. Subsequently, the acft struck a snow berm near the left side of the rwy. According to the plt, the fire extinguisher is normally mounted on the floor in front of the plt's seat & is easy to kick. He reported no mechanical irregularities with the acft except for the fire, extinguisher clamp. At 1635 ast, the wind was reported as calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2904M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1318
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Kuznicki
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, snow
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 11 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.