- Date
- October 15, 1983, 19:45 local (Oct 16, 1983, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6893BPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831015075879A
- Case key
- 4251
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Judgment - poorCause
Inadequate trainingFactor
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Landing light(s) - other
Operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performedCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Planned approach - improperCause
Aircraft parked/standingFactor
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
Analysis
During a night landing. The non-rated plt accidently selected the taxiway, and subsequently, the acft collided with a parked airplane. The acft was equipped with ski gear only & it had no landing light installed. Also, the arpt was not lighted & had no snow anywhere on its surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6893B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5083
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert B. Spencer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- 8AK9 · Tok, AK
- Airport
- 8AK9 · Tok, runway 10, 2,000 × ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORT, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.