- Date
- June 19, 1986, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5907ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860619031029A
- Case key
- 4685
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 engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,carburetor - deterioratedCause
Planning/decision - poorFactor
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - water,rough
Analysis
The airplane experienced a power failure and nosed over in one foot of water while making an emergency landing on a beach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5907Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9774
- Airframe hours
- 5,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O235-4, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen Dorsey
- Registered owner
- Merlin E. Lafferty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1986 · 58 hours before
N5907ZRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,965 total · 62 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.