- Date
- September 7, 1986, 16:15 local (Sep 8, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Port Heiden, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4290HPiper PA-14
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860907074109A
- Case key
- 4732
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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 engine quit during flight due to carburetor ice. The plt became committed to a forced landing after he was unable to restart the engine. A downwind landing was made in strong wind conditions. Control of the acft was lost and it overturned in a mud flat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4290H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-94
- Airframe hours
- 2,018
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeff Wayne Graham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1986
- Departed
- Ilnik, AK
- Destination
- PTH · Port Heiden, 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,030 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 10 °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 N4290H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.