- Date
- March 31, 1983, 16:53 local (Apr 1, 1983, 00:53 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4127ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830331011359A
- Case key
- 4109
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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 acft ground looped during a full stop landing. The pilot had completed several touch and go landings in this conventional gear acft. The touchdown of this last landing was normal but during rollout the acft veered to the left. The pilot stated that he responded with opposite rudder, brake and added a little power but the acft left the rwy and nosed down in the muskeg alongside the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4127Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8196
- Airframe hours
- 2,525
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clifford A. Pulis
- Registered owner
- Clifford Larue Pulis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1982 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood, runway 31, 2,200 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 520 total · 475 in this make and model · 496 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N4127Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.