- Date
- July 4, 1983, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2368MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830704032729A
- Case key
- 4140
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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 was damaged while making a forced landing after the engine stopped. The pilot said he was at 1200 feet near point mackenzie when the engine started running rough. The engine stopped operating a few seconds later. The pilot said he had trouble switching tanks because the selector was in a place that was hard to see and it made him lose outside reference. After changing tanks the engine would not restart. No evidence was found during examination of the engine that would have prevented anything other than normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2368M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1500
- Airframe hours
- 1,464
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Greg Windsor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 16, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 131 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °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 N2368M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.