- Date
- May 16, 1986, 13:09 local (21:09 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27301WSK PZL-M-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4591
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalCause
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Maneuver - excessiveCause
Loss of control - in flight
Compensation for wind conditions - not possibleCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Aircraft executed steep left 180 degree turn about 50 feet above runway just after takeoff. Pilot lost control and crashed. Turbulence and windshear had been reported. Wind speed and direction was variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27301
- Reported as
- WSK PZL-M-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1Z008-04
- Airframe hours
- 179
- Engine
- Pzl-Kalisz ASZ621RM18, 969 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Operator
- State Of Alaska
- Registered owner
- Melex USA, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1986 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PAQ · Palmer, runway 33, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N27301Registration cancelled Mar 8, 2023 · Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18Airframe modelWsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18Engine modelWsk-Pzl-K PZL ASZ-62IR
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,027 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,847 as pilot in command · 233 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAQ
Other investigations on N27301 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.