- Date
- July 6, 1985, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tyrone Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38471Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850706030299A
- Case key
- 4524
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.
Nose over
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Aborted landing - delayedCause
Analysis
The plt delayed initiating an aborted landing, and the acft rolled into water at the end of the rwy where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38471
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7043
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental C85-8, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Ray Mattingley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Z55 · Lake Louise, AK
- Destination
- Typone 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 55 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.