- Date
- January 7, 1984, 16:30 local (Jan 8, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1317APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840107007809A
- Case key
- 4265
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - whiteoutFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Overconfidence in personal ability
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated that at the time of the accident, he encountered a white out condition. The acft stalled and crashed on ahillside.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1317A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1124
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Remington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Creek Mine
N1317ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 5 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.