- Date
- September 8, 1984, 21:05 local (Sep 9, 1984, 05:05 UTC)
- Place
- Circle City, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3816ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840908050869A
- Case key
- 4345
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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
After tkf the plt made a rt turn. The plt was unable to rollout from the turn. The acft pitched down slightly. The plt applied full power and lowered the flaps full down. The plt was unable to stop the descent. The acft collided with the ground in a rt wing-nose down attitude. Prior to the flight the plt tied a small boat to the top of the rt float of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3816Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187554
- Airframe hours
- 2,522
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pete Van-De-Hei
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1984 · 20 hours before
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 727 total · 89 in this make and model · 569 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.