- Date
- September 8, 1986, 18:30 local (Sep 9, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Big River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N287TPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860908044639A
- Case key
- 4731
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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.
Analysis
The pilot attempted a touch and go landing to evaluate a questionable landing area. The area was too soft for a touch and go. The acft became mired in mod and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N287T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2401
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290 D1, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas W. Bullard
- Registered owner
- Jacklynn K. Turner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986
- Departed
- LHD · Lake Hood, AK
- Destination
- Big River, AK
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 28 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N287T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.