- Date
- May 18, 1984, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sand Point, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4065EPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840518051639A
- Case key
- 4294
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 - on ground/water
Planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - not possible
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated that at the end of the landing roll, a strong gusty crosswind blew the acft to the left side breaking the left landing gear & wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4065E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809052
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen R. Hakala
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1984 · 5 hours before
N4065ERegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °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.
Other investigations on N4065E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.