- Date
- September 4, 1987, 19:30 local (Sep 5, 1987, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salcha, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4183YChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870904052999A
- Case key
- 4914
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot was unable to maintain directional control of the acft when he encountered a quartering crosswind gust on final approach. The left wing collided with brush and small trees along side of the unattended airstrip. The pilot rptd the wind gusting to 16 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4183Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1189-77
- Airframe hours
- 1,658
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter William Welch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1986 · 112 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- 2Z5 · Salcha, AK
- Airport
- Perkins Strip, runway 27, 2,000 × 60 ft, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 129 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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 N4183Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.