- Date
- September 1, 1984, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Slana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57617Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840901045549A
- Case key
- 4359
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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 ran off of a narrow public road during landing. The plt said a gust of crosswind caught his right wing and turned the acft off the road into the bushes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57617
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187709125
- Airframe hours
- 870
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jimmy L. Harkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1984 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- Tumble Creek, AK
- Destination
- Slana, 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 630 in this make and model · 590 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °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.
Other investigations on N57617 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.