- Date
- June 30, 1985, 17:55 local (Jul 1, 1985, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sandy Piont, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49512Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850630028599A
- Case key
- 4515
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 - in flight
Aerobatics - attemptedCause
Altitude - improperCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Cause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aerobatics - improper
Analysis
Pilot lost control while attempting to demonstrate aerobatic flight at low altitude and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49512
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5451
- Airframe hours
- 2,790
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randy L. Bell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984
- Departed
- SDP · Sand Point, AK
- Airport
- SDP · Sand Point
N49512Registration cancelled Dec 10, 2012 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 33 in this make and model · 87 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.