- Date
- November 17, 1986, 19:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1ZAPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861117056119A
- Case key
- 4806
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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 - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The student plt stalled the acft at aprx 20 to 30 ft AGL during the initial climbout. Subsequently, the acft impacted the rwy & went off to the side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1ZA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187002
- Airframe hours
- 3,953
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1986 · 222 hours before
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- BGQ · Big Lake, runway 6, 2,800 × 80 ft, gravel
N1ZARegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 21 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 7 °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 N1ZA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.