- Date
- June 18, 1983, 22:30 local (Jun 19, 1983, 06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Squaw Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1184CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830618026479A
- Case key
- 4133
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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 landing on a 2000 foot gravel runway. The pilot stated that as he approached runway 8 his airspeed was too high and he also was drifting to the right. During touchdown he lost directional control and allowed the acft to continue to groundloop to avoid a 5 foot drop at the runways end. The wind was from 270 degrees at 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1184C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2467
- Airframe hours
- 2,758
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill Kisken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1983 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Squaw Lake, AK
- Airport
- Squaw Lake, runway 8, 2,000 × 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 52 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.