- Date
- June 17, 1985, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mulchatna River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4876APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850617025849A
- Case key
- 4501
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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.
Analysis
Plt reported that left wheel axle broke during aborted takeoff from gravel bar, causing acft to ground loop. Plt failed to provide complete info & broken axle for analysis.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4876A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4975
- Engine
- unknown 0, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Mcdade
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Mulchatna River, AK
- Destination
- Portage Creek, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °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 N4876A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.