- Date
- October 19, 1984, 16:30 local (Oct 20, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Heiden, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4313YPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841019057419A
- Case key
- 4440
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to a state police report, the plt assaulted his wife, then loaded his two children into the acft and flew to a refueling area. He refueled the acft, then tookoff & crashed aprx 1 mile north of the departure rwy. A witness reported that after the acft lifted off the rwy, it rose sharply and appeared to almost stall, then it regained a level flt attitude at about 100 to 150 ft AGL before it disappeared from his view. Shortly after that the acft crashed. A check of the plt's blood showed an alcohol level of 0.128%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4313Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7833
- Airframe hours
- 3,408
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macarlo Christensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1983
- Departed
- PTH · Port Heiden, AK
- Airport
- Port Heiden, runway 31, 4,609 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 3,100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.