- Date
- October 5, 1986, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Pole, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7427DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861005047759A
- Case key
- 4798
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
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbank
Analysis
After touchdown on the grass next to the runway, the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft and struck a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7427D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 225188
- Airframe hours
- 789
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dougles J. Dimbat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1986 · 7 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 285 total · 67 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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.