- Date
- September 4, 1983, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4097ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830904047219A
- Case key
- 4164
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled into the ground on final approach landing in gusty turbulent wind conditions. The pilot stated that he was trying to land when a gust of wind flipped the acft over at 500 ft AGL. He said he corrected with left aileron but by the time he could recover he had lost too much altitude and pancaked into the ground. Fss were available to the pilotby telephone or radio but he did not receive a weather briefing. The weather was VMC but the wind was reported to be from 270 degrees at 20 KTS, gusting to 25 KTS. With moderate turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4097Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8111
- Airframe hours
- 2,997
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David J. Parnow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- SKW · Skwetna
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 676 total · 676 in this make and model · 641 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °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.