- Date
- April 24, 1985, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Beluga, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1827APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850424014059A
- Case key
- 4484
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that the right ski hit something during the takeoff run & bent the right main gear/ski down & aft. He elected to land on snow covered terrain near the small village of Beluga, AK. Before coming to rest during the landing, the acft went over on its nose. The plt had never taken any dual instruction & had no FAA medical or plt certificate. He stated that he had flown about 150 hrs over a several year period, all in N1827A. The registered owner/operator was a passenger in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1827A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1678
- Airframe hours
- 3,963
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vince E. Morrison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1984 · 2,550 hours before
- Departed
- BGQ · Big Lake, 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
- 24
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °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 N1827A · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.