- Date
- June 27, 1985, 21:00 local (Jun 28, 1985, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Lions, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22AKPiper J-3/100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850627028529A
- Case key
- 4516
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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 lost directional control of the acft during a touch and go landing. The acft veered off the rwy and contacted boulders. The plt reported to bystanders at the accident site that it had been a long time since he had flown an acft equipped with heel brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22AK
- Reported as
- Piper J-3/100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17736
- Engine
- Continental UNKNOWN, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Benjamin M.Olds
- Departed
- ADQ · Kodiak, AK
- Airport
- ORI · Port Lions, runway 24, 2,600 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.