- Date
- May 7, 1984, 22:00 local (May 8, 1984, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ester, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7763KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840507017409A
- Case key
- 4286
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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 encounter with terrain/water
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - icy
Terrain condition - slush coveredFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt maded an off-arpt landing on a frozen river with an 'overflow.' During the rollout, the acft hit a 12 inch deep pocket of slush & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7763K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-586
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Y. Jamieson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1983 · 67 hours before
N7763KRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 998 total · 887 in this make and model · 957 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI, 68 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.
Other investigations on N7763K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC11CA082Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTyonek, AKThe student pilot’s decision to take off toward a hill with a gusting tailwind. Contributing was the pilot's premature rotation that prevented the airplane from climbing over the hill.NTSB UNK65X0802Accident · No injuriesClosedWainwright, AK