- Date
- April 18, 1985, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N91003Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850418014979A
- Case key
- 4478
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was occupied by the owner/plt, a 42 yr old student plt seated in the front seat, and a 41 yr old private plt, a career police officer of the anchorage police force, who was seated in the rear seat of this 2 seat acft. The seats were in a tanden arrangement. The acft was piloted by the front seat owner, but was techanically under the command of the back seat plt by virtue of his rating. Also by definition the private (rear seat) plt is considered PIC to defer necessity for FAA action against the student plt/owner for carrying pass'g against regulation. Reportedly the acft swerved & dragged a wing while taxiing in after landing. The PIC reportedly has 210 flt hrs of which two (2) were credited to the type of acft involved in this acc. The PIC, failed to properly complete his medical information, his biennial flt rev status, and the NTSB form 6120.1 (acc report). He did not respond to numerous requests for further info about the acc. The student plts form simply stated: slight x-wind on final, groundlooped after td, caught wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91003
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8109059
- Airframe hours
- 610
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai, runway 19, 7,575 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA
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 N91003 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.