- Date
- April 15, 1986, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4482EPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860415011999A
- Case key
- 4652
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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 pilot stated that while doing a series of touch and go's, the aircraft veered on the runway; the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft causing the plane to nose over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4482E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188109025
- Airframe hours
- 260
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark C. Rowland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1985 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- BRG · Big Lake, AK
- Airport
- BGQ · Big Lake, runway 24, 2,800 × 60 ft, snow
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °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 N4482E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.