- Date
- July 24, 1987, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2571HPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870724037939A
- Case key
- 4878
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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 pilot was reconnoitering for game animals when he overlooked the rising terrain until he could no longer outclimb or turn away from it. The acft collided with a large rock and came to rest in a grass area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2571H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7909200
- Airframe hours
- 917
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Edward Boyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1986
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- TKA · Talkeetna, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,574 total · 350 in this make and model · 1,491 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N2571H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.