- Date
- September 8, 1986, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Umiat, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9049ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860908045879A
- Case key
- 4735
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.
Analysis
The airplane departed on September 7, 1986 for a local hunting trip with a client. The airplane did not return and the wreckage was found on September 9, 1986. The airplane was destroyed by post-impact fire. According to the guide, for whom the pilot was working, the airplane was using unleaded automotive fuel. The engine teardown revealed only impact and fire damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9049Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6641
- Airframe hours
- 3,197
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth C. Swanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1986
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 584 total · 533 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UMT, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.