- Date
- June 28, 1988, 23:00 local (Jun 29, 1988, 07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Medfra, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7074KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880628024259A
- Case key
- 5018
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 18 year-old 100 hour private pilot initially reported that the left wing tip of the Piper PA-20 he was piloting struck brush next to the turf runway during the landing flare. He said that the airplane veered to the left, off the runway and into the dense brush. He later declared on the accident form that he submitted to the NTSB that the accident occurred when he was taxiing to the tie down area after landing, when the right main wheel struck a clump of willows and swung the airplane to the right and into the brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7074K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20181
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Corey R. Chase
- Registered owner
- Terry A. Chase
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1987 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Destination
- MDR · Medfra, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MDR · Medfra, runway 2, 2,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 38 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N7074K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.