- Date
- November 27, 1983, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Yukon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83278Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831127060079A
- Case key
- 4259
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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 was approaching a lake for landing. He came over the lake & started what became a 270 deg turn toward the landing direction. At the end of the turn he tightened up the turn & the acft stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83278
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7709047
- Airframe hours
- 657
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Lakloey, AK
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,191 total · 96 in this make and model · 1,155 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 1 °F
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 N83278 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.