- Date
- July 4, 1988, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1556PPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880704024689A
- Case key
- 4937
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane crashed approximately 94 miles east of the city of Mcgrath, Alaska. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured and the Piper PA-18 airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane impacted ground in a near vertical attitude near the end of a box canyon. There were no known witnesses to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1556P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3710
- Airframe hours
- 2,738
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larason, Kenneth G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MCG · Mc Grath, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 125 in this make and model · 880 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °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.