- Date
- October 17, 1986, 16:30 local (Oct 18, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1123Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861017049259A
- Case key
- 4800
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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 was cleared to taxi his airplane into position and to hold behind a cherokee six airplane. After the cherokee six departed, he was cleared for takeoff. Immediately after lift off at 10 to 15 feet above the runway, the pilot stated the airplane went into an uncontrollable right roll about the longitudinal axis. The right wing contacted the runway and the airplane cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1123
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4034
- Airframe hours
- 3,360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sean P. Barron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1986
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 11, 8,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,421 total · 188 in this make and model · 1,225 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °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.
Other investigations on N1123 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.