- Date
- September 20, 1986, 18:00 local (Sep 21, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wood River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4421ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860920055839A
- Case key
- 4746
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Wind information - not attainedCause
Weather condition - crosswindCause
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that after lift off the pilot lost control of the aircraft due to the left crosswind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4421Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8758
- Airframe hours
- 663
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Myron S. Whalin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1986 · 2 hours before
N4421ZRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 600 in this make and model · 585 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.