- Date
- October 18, 1983, 16:07 local (Oct 19, 1983, 00:07 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4433MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831018067069I
- Case key
- 4241
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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 reported the floats had just been removed from the acft & that he made this flt to refamiliarize himself with flying it with wheels again. After making about 10 touch-go-go landings, the plt elected to make a full stop landing. He reported that after landing, the acft had roll aprx 300 ft with the tail on the ground when the main wheels felt like they were digging in the gravel rwy. He applied power & tried to correct the situation, but the acft continued to nose over. In his accident report, the plt did not indicate to what extent that he used braking action. The acft was equipped with over sized tires. Another plt, who landed after the mishap, reported that the gravel on the rwy affected his acft by causing it to veer slightly from side to side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4433M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-3386
- Airframe hours
- 1,813
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel I. O'Hoyt
- Registered owner
- Daniel I. O'Hoyt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood, runway 31, 2,200 × 80 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 68 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 52 °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 N4433M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.