- Date
- June 28, 1988, 16:10 local (Jun 29, 1988, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Shismaref, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7157ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880628025829A
- Case key
- 5017
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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 he decided to land on the beach due to weather. After touchdown on the beach the main landing gear dropped into an area of soft sand; the aircraft then went over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7157Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181066
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Blodgett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1987 · 70 hours before
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 7,800 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 48 °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 N7157Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.