- Date
- September 26, 1986, 18:30 local (Sep 27, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4371APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860926054279A
- Case key
- 4750
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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 reported that he lost control of the airplane during the takeoff run on a dirt road. The accident occurred as the plane was going around a curve in the roadway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4371A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 184773
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roland B. Briggs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 60 hours before
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4371A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.