# NTSB ANC85LA127: Piper J-3, N38471, Tyrone Creek, AK, July 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1985, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Tyrone Creek, AK
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA127

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38471-2018-01-18), registration cancelled 2018-01-18, S/N 7043 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J-3
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7043
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850706030299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850706030299A), Jul 6, 1985: Piper J3C65, Tyone Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Flipped over in water after delaying go around from attempted landing on a gravel bar.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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