- Date
- March 2, 1985, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7889HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850302007049A
- Case key
- 4469
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Planned approach - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Altitude - inadequateFactor
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snow covered
Analysis
While attempting to land, acft stalled in right downwind turn and contacted the ground. Plt was unaware of the 5 to 7 mph wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7889H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12793
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory F. Pepperd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1984 · 108 hours before
- Departed
- Z16 · Wasilla, AK
N7889HRegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2018 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,051 total · 732 in this make and model · 958 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.