# NTSB ANC84LA149: Piper PA-18, N7585K, Egegik, AK, August 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1984, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Coordinates: 58.199195, -157.41069 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1992&lon=-157.4107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4348/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA149

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE INTENDED LANDING AREA. THE LANDING GEAR CAUGHT ON BRUSH AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES. THE INTENDED LANDING AREA WAS A DRIED LAKE BED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7585K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7585K), registered now, S/N 18-302, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18302
- Airframe hours: 10000
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James C. Tudor
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1984, 20 hours before
- Departed: NAKNEK, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1,358 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 30 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840828047299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840828047299A), Aug 28, 1984: Piper PA18, Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. Main gear caught on some brush on edge of a dry lake bed landing sight. Aircraft flipped over.

## Other investigations on N7585K (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC73DTG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DTG01), Jul 2, 1972: Piper PA-18 (N7585K), Minot, ND, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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