- Date
- October 3, 1985, 06:57 local (14:57 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3992PPiper PA-18A-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19851003053739A
- Case key
- 4754
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 - on ground/water
Landing gear,axle - failure,totalCause
Flight manuals - not followedCause
Landing gear,axle - fatigueCause
Landing gear,tire - improperCause
Landing gear,tire - incorrectCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The landing gear axle failure was due to the oversize tires that were installed on the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3992P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4752
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John R. Edwards
- Registered owner
- Eugene W. Valaer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- HOM · Homer, runway 3, 7,401 × 150 ft, asphalt
N3992PRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 487 total · 8 in this make and model · 360 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N3992P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA99LA130Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJordan Valley, ORThe pilot's inadvertent stall/mush of the aircraft while attempting a forced landing due to partial power loss of the engine. Factors include carburetor icing conditions and the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat.NTSB SEA94LA170Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPrineville, ORThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was gusty wind conditions.