- Date
- August 17, 1983, 18:30 local (Aug 18, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28144Piper J-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830817048469A
- Case key
- 4155
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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 and collided with two parked acft. The pilot landed on rwy 24 at Fairbanks and during the landing he lost directional control of the acft. The acft left the rwy and collided with two parked and unoccupied acft. The parked acft, N7830 and N68564, received minor damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28144
- Reported as
- Piper J-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-117
- Airframe hours
- 7,538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Velsko
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1983 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MTF · Metro, runway 24, 4,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 6 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °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.