- Date
- March 18, 1987, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Girdwood, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1472CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870318008799A
- Case key
- 4837
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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 - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that during taxi for takeoff he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to exit the taxiway and strike a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1472C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182675
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary R. Jokela
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AQY · Girdwood, AK
- Destination
- AQY · Girdwood, AK
- Airport
- AQY · Girdwood, runway 02, 2,088 × 73 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 19 °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.