- Date
- October 9, 1987, 18:30 local (Oct 10, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3651NPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871009059569A
- Case key
- 4967
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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 acft collided with a tree stump during a short field landing. The plt stated that the stump was hidden by tall grass. No official information is published abt the johnson airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3651N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1902
- Airframe hours
- 3,564
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Michael Jensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1986 · 238 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Skwentna, AK
- Airport
- Johnson Creek Ridge
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,010 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 1,909 as pilot in command · 178 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- 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.
Other investigations on N3651N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.