- Date
- July 19, 1986, 21:38 local (Jul 20, 1986, 05:38 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7156ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860719034679A
- Case key
- 4599
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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 acft was not properly aligned with the rwy during landing touchdown. The acft touched down in a crab attitude. It then ground looped and came to rest on the left wing tip and nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7156Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8270
- Airframe hours
- 3,932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jimmy Thurl Reese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1986 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood Strip, runway 13, 2,200 × 80 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
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 450 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 1 nm away
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 N7156Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.