- Date
- August 6, 1985, 16:35 local (Aug 7, 1985, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7070KPiper PA-20-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850806036899A
- Case key
- 4541
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
Terrain condition - uphill
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityCause
Insufficient standards/requirements,airmanFactor
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Anxiety/apprehensionFactor
Inadequate certification/approval,airmanFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Inadequate transition/upgrade trainingCause
Lack of total experience in kind of aircraftFactor
TotalFactor
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
In flight collision with object
TotalFactor
Analysis
Low time student plt lost control during attempted go-around & crashed into two parked acft. 8 to 12 kt crosswind was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7070K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-179
- Airframe hours
- 2,210
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clifford K. Andrews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Airport
- Sky Harbor Airstrip, runway 34, 1,800 × 70 ft, gravel
N7070KRegistration cancelled Jul 7, 2017 · Piper PA-20-135Airframe modelPiper PA-20-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 5 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N7070K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.