- Date
- August 16, 1987, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5118HPiper PA-14
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870816050359A
- Case key
- 4891
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 - in flight
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
After climbing 150 feet, the airplane passed a hill and at that point the airspeed deteriorated and the pilot stalled and lost directional control of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5118H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14124
- Airframe hours
- 4,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Garry W. Terry
- Registered owner
- Gary W. Terry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1986 · 48 hours before
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 855 total · 316 in this make and model · 840 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.