- Date
- April 5, 1988, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glennallen, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5188HPiper PA-14
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880405008219A
- Case key
- 4935
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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 stated that he was flying up a fairly wide valley containing a ridge that he had to fly over. The ground was completely white with snow. The pilot noticed a hill directly in front of the aircraft; he started a turn and the aircraft struck the snow covered hill.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5188H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-506
- Airframe hours
- 2,549
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Lee Prevo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- LHD · 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 991 total · 658 in this make and model · 952 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °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 N5188H · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.