- Date
- June 30, 1984, 16:30 local (Jul 1, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ester, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1436HAeronca 15AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840630033809A
- Case key
- 4318
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.
Analysis
The acft was landed in the tops of small spruce trees after the engine lost oil pressure and was shut down. The plt later admitted that the oil lines needed relacement on the last annual on 06-22-84 but he postponed it and later forgot to do it in the excitement of re-flying on floats after a 2 year lay-off. A badly deteriorated oil outlet line from the oil cooler had failed losing oil and pressure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1436H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 151C
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard Francis Bates
- Registered owner
- Wallace B. Murcray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 22, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Minto Lakes, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,386 total · 45 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.