- Date
- March 12, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N135RBPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870312017829A
- Case key
- 4833
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot elected to make an off airport landing in his ski-equipped Piper PA18 airplane. He landed the acft successfully, but the right ski attachment and left gear leg collapsed on take off from the uneven terrain. The acft was substantially damaged; the pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135RB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 183630
- Airframe hours
- 3,591
- Engine
- Lycoming O-32A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard H. Schimschat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1986 · 890 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Destination
- WTK · Noatak, AK
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 38 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 10 °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.