- Date
- June 21, 1988, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4260HPiper PA-14
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880621022469A
- Case key
- 5012
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that after touchdown on the runway a gust of wind hit the plane pushing the tail to the right and causing the aircraft to ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4260H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1463
- Airframe hours
- 3,501
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frederick C. Duthweiler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1987 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- MRI
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 24, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 451 total · 413 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.