# NTSB ANC86LA076: Piper PA-12, N3598M, Egegik, AK, June 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1986, 21:00 local (Jun 15, 1986, 05:00 UTC)
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Coordinates: 58.199897, -157.409194 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1999&lon=-157.4092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA076

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE PLANE TO NOSE OVER. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THERE WAS A DIRECT CROSSWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3598M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3598M), registered now, S/N 12-2444, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 122444
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Leopold G. Bureis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1986, 50 hours before
- Departed: NAKNEK, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 400 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 20 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 39 °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 19860614024249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860614024249A), Jun 14, 1986: Piper STCPA12, Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control, swerved off the runway side and nosed over on landing when the headwind switched to a crosswind.

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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