- Date
- August 27, 1986, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dry Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5582CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4724
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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 windFactor
Wind information - not identifiedCause
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The pilot stated that he had adequate clearance over the trees during the approach, the aircraft just seemed to stall mush into the tree tops. The aircraft's airspeed was below stall speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5582C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188473
- Airframe hours
- 5,554
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alaska Dept Of Public Safety
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,320 total · 2,166 in this make and model · 1,352 as pilot in command · 107 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N5582C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.