- Date
- June 27, 1985, 21:40 local (Jun 28, 1985, 05:40 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3459ZPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850627031669A
- Case key
- 4512
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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
The plt reported that by the time he had returned to the arpt, the wind velocity had increased to 18 KTS. During the landing, he lost directional control & the acft ground looped & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3459Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28524
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randy Maloney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1985 · 65 hours before
- 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,448 total · 222 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG
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 N3459Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.