- Date
- September 13, 1986, 18:00 local (Sep 14, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82064Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860913046029A
- Case key
- 4740
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - gusts
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
Pilot lost control of aircraft after touchdown on runway due to strong crosswind gust, causing right wing tip to hit ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82064
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809123
- Airframe hours
- 1,148
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel L. Maxwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1986 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage, runway 32, 10,496 × 150 ft, asphalt
N82064Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 1 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.
Other investigations on N82064 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.