- Date
- June 21, 1985, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45PCPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850621048869A
- Case key
- 4505
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 - on ground/water
Weather condition - high windFactor
Procedures/directives - not followedFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Load jettison - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft swervd on the runway and ground looped, the pilot stated he lost control of the acft due to the wind condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45PC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 223145
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim D. Rearden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1985
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DLG · Dillingham, runway 19, 6,404 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 115 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 19 °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.