- Date
- October 22, 1984, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4361APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841022057669A
- Case key
- 4441
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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
According to the plt, when he arrived at the gravel bar the passengers to be picked up were not there & could not be located from the air. After making low passes over the gravel bar he determined that the snow did not look deep and touched down to check the snow condition. The snow was too deep, the wheels dug in & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4361A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4820
- Airframe hours
- 3,804
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rust'S Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,381 total · 1,103 in this make and model · 9,200 as pilot in command · 285 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.