- Date
- October 19, 1984, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Theodore River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78449Piper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841019057529A
- Case key
- 4438
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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Analysis
The acft crashed during a go-around attempt at Theodore River located 35 miles southwest of anchorage, AK. According to the plt, after landing on a gravel oil pad he realized that the acft would not stop before going over the edge into a swamp. He applied power but the main gear struck a stump and the acft settled into the mud. The plt stated that he knew the acft brakes may not have been able to stop the acft due to their worn condition.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78449
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1959
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory R. Svendsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Trading Bay, AK
- Destination
- Theodore River, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 989 total · 650 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.