- Date
- July 11, 1986, 19:30 local (Jul 12, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Moller, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90945Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860711036389A
- Case key
- 4701
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Planning/decision - poorFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
The aircraft nosed over on landing rollout after landing on a beach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90945
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8109050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Johnson, doing business as Kenai Fload Plane Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Ukn, AK
- Destination
- Kings Salmon Bh, AK
N90945Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.