- Date
- November 10, 1984, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2520MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841110063299A
- Case key
- 4444
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
The acft crashed during a forced landing following a power loss. Post accident fire destroyed the acft. The acft engine was partially disassembled following the accident and no discrepancies were found. The plt said that he suspected carburetor ice. During the preflight the plt noticed a fuel leak between the carburetor and the gascolator which he attempted to fix. Unable to fix the leak the plt chose to still initiate the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2520M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1010
- Airframe hours
- 1,873
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis C. Dougherty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Destination
- Talkeetna
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,550 total · 30 in this make and model · 2,310 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TKA, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.