- Date
- April 6, 1983, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Alsworth, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9667PPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830406011829A
- Case key
- 4112
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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 landed on rwy 3 after watching a friend in another another acft land successfully first. The acft then went off the left side of the rwy into large rocks & nosed over. After landing the plt stated he saw no wind sock & thinks the wind was from the sw & a gust lifted the acft tail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9667P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509012
- Airframe hours
- 1,459
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bear Lake Lodge, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Destination
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- Port Alsworth, runway 3, 3,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 26 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN, 128 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.