- Date
- September 22, 1987, 15:18 local (23:18 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90947Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870922058979A
- Case key
- 4925
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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 airplane was substantially damaged after it nosed over during the takeoff roll, but the pilot and his passenger were uninjured. The pilot stated that he had landed at an off-airport site to set up his moose hunting camp and that during a subsequent takeoff attempt the main gear of the airplane hit a hole and he lost directional control of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90947
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188109050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward N. Rozmenoski
- Registered owner
- Edward N Rozmenoski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,295 total · 2,295 in this make and model · 2,235 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.