- Date
- August 25, 1985, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA reports
- 19850825073231A19850825073232A
- Case key
- 4427
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
Aircraft collided with Cessna 180 and crashed on mountain side about one-quarter mile apart. Piper was sightseeing and Cessna was spotting sheep. Scattered clouds were reported about 300 feet above the points of ground impact.
Aircraft collided with Piper J-5 and crashed on mountain side. J-5 was sightseeing and Cessna was spotting sheep. Two aircraft impacted one-quarter mile apart. Scattered clouds were reported about 300 feet above the points of ground impact.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N417GP
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051538
- Airframe hours
- 1,871
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn Alan Pabst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1985 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, 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.
- Registration
- N38588
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-1008
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leo V. Marble
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1985
- Departed
- PA0 · Palmer, 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N417GP
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 65 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N38588
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.