- Date
- September 20, 1986, 20:00 local (Sep 21, 1986, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Windy Fork Rive, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N202TPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860920074759A
- Case key
- 4747
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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 pilot lost control of the aircraft and nosed over during landing on a gravel bar. The pilot stated that the airplane nosed over because he stood on the brakes hard during the landing roll to prevent traveling into the river. The plt could not be contacted after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182316
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tore-Jarl Odegaard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °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 N202T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.