# NTSB ANC86LA146: Piper PA-14, N4290H, Port Heiden, AK, September 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1986, 16:15 local (Sep 8, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Port Heiden, AK
- Coordinates: 56.959594, -158.580841 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9596&lon=-158.5808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA146

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, descent
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4290H), registered now, S/N 14-94 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-14
- Registry model: [Piper PA-14](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (registry code 7101402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14-94
- Airframe hours: 2018
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860907074109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860907074109A), Sep 7, 1986: Piper STCPA14, Port Heiden, AK, Substantial damage. The engine lost power and the aircraft was forced to land on mud flats. No cause for engine malfunction determined.

## Other investigations on N4290H (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC91LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA007), Oct 16, 1990: Piper PA-14 (N4290H), Port Heiden, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CROSSWIND, PILOT'S FAILURE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CROSSWIND, THE SOFT RUNWAY, AND LACK OF…
- [NTSB MKC70D0211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0211), Jun 28, 1969: Piper PA-14 (N4290H), Pelican Rpds, MN, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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