- Date
- August 12, 1986, 18:00 local (Aug 13, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rochez Moutonee, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4293ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860812040029A
- Case key
- 4714
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 control - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
After departing the gravel bar, the aircraft banked to the left; the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4293Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188603
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dave F. Neel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1986 · 94 hours before
N4293ZRegistered 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, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 600 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °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.