- Date
- January 8, 1985, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shaktoolik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1912APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850108002159A
- Case key
- 4461
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The ski equipped acft contacted a snow drift during takeoff ground run. Acft veered and contacted a fishing rack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1912A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181748
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James B. Tweto
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1984 · 110 hours before
N1912ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 105 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
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 N1912A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.