- Date
- January 10, 1985, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1827APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850110054839A
- Case key
- 4460
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated, while taxiing the wind lifted the acft twice. On the second ground contact the landing gear collapsed. Plt reported winds were from 090 degrees at 10 to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1827A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181678
- Airframe hours
- 3,913
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Mcdonald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 29, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 265 total · 250 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 66 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 5 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.
Other investigations on N1827A · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.