- Date
- November 11, 1984, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Minchumina, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6821BPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841111062809A
- Case key
- 4446
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 made a hard landing on a frozen lake during a precautionary landing. The plt said that cargo on board had shifted in flt and he also had a loss of 15 mph in airspeed. Thinking it might be an icing problem, the plt made the unscheduled landing. No ice was found on the acft after landing but the acft was substantially damaged by the impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6821B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4117
- Airframe hours
- 3,663
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael A Judd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1984 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- MHM · Minchumina, 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
- 35
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- -6 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.