- Date
- December 7, 1986, 12:56 local (16:56 UTC)
- Place
- Shageluk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9940DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861207068539A
- Case key
- 4812
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 - in flight
Weather condition - icing conditionsCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Weather condition - snowCause
Weather evaluation - not attainedCause
Weather forecast - not attainedCause
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated he encountered freezing rain and due to the build-up on the aircraft, he stalled and crashed in an open area next to the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9940D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187012
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1985 · 300 hours before
- Departed
- 4Z4 · Holy Cross, AK
- Airport
- 1
N9940DRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelContinental C90 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 306 total · 306 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °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.