- Date
- April 17, 1987, 19:00 local (Apr 18, 1987, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Goose Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7081DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870417010309A
- Case key
- 4842
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 - on ground/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll at a gravel air strip he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to nose over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7081D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185567
- Airframe hours
- 8,354
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary H. Baker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- 240 · Goose Bay, runway 25, 5,000 × 80 ft, snow
N7081DRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 4 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 37 °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.