- Date
- September 3, 1984, 19:00 local (Sep 4, 1984, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nushagak River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7690LPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840903050819A
- Case key
- 4369
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said he was flying along a River when the engine sputtered and quit. He located the nearest possible emergency landing site, switched tanks, applied carburetor heat, and pumped the throttle and primer. The engine did not restart. The wx was conducive to carburetor icing. The acft was crash landed in a heavy swamp and could not be recovered for inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7690L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187409123
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bob Hannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1983 · 50 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,950 total · 3,900 in this make and model · 3,870 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 28 °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.