- Date
- June 24, 1984, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bear Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5408YPiper PA-18-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840624027209A
- Case key
- 4312
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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 acft crashed into a river bank during an attempted go-around. The plt reported that upon initial touchdown the acft bounced and he applied full throttle. The engine reportedly responded with a maximum RPM of about 1600. The acft bouncedagain on the landing area and mushed across the river. The acft reportedly had only 5 gallons of fuel in the left tank and 3 gallons in the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5408Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8171
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark D Haneberg
- Registered owner
- Patrick D. Brodigan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1983
- Departed
- Big River Lodge, 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,941 total · 46 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 126 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N5408Y · 7
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.