- Date
- March 17, 1987, 11:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3008ZPiper PA-22-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870317031869A
- Case key
- 4834
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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 student pilot lost control of the acft which ground looped during a stop and go landing roll. Inspection revealed the right brake master cylinder actuator rod failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3008Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6959
- Airframe hours
- 3,091
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Earl Cadzow
- Registered owner
- David J. King
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1987
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks Int'L Arpt, runway 19L, 3,200 × 60 ft, macadam
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
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 N3008Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.