- Date
- August 25, 1987, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montague Island, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3842MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870825048519A
- Case key
- 4896
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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 plt was making an apch for a soft/short field landing at a strip which paralleled the ocean shoreline on Montague Island. He stated that when he came in to land, he misjudged the height & position of bushes nr the apch end of the strip. Subsequently, the acft hit the tops of bushes just short of the lndg area. The lift struts, tips of the prop, leading edges of the wings & elevators were damaged drg the occurrence. The plt rprtd the wind was from 090 deg at 5 to 10 KTS. A plt/operator rprt showed the landing strip was oriented on an ese heading.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3842M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-2753
- Airframe hours
- 2,787
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randall Wellington Knauff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Nellie Martin River, runway 11, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 423 total · 89 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °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 N3842M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.