- Date
- August 23, 1986, 06:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nabesna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2994ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860823041889A
- Case key
- 4721
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
Weather condition - unfavorable windCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Weather evaluation - improperCause
Judgment - poorCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Analysis
During the initial climbout the pilot stalled the aircraft, lost control and crashed off the departed end of the airstrip. At the time of the accident, the pilot departed with a tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2994Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187113
- Airframe hours
- 5,252
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond W. Kirkbride
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1986 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- Devils Mountain, AK
N2994ZRegistered 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
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 258 total · 258 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.