- Date
- June 1, 1988, 21:30 local (Jun 2, 1988, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nikolai Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9895LGrumman AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880601026569A
- Case key
- 5034
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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
A pilot reported that he was attempting to taxi off the dirt road that he had just used as a landing site in a rural area of Alaska, when the airplane's left main landing gear wheel became mired in a soft spot. The aircraft veered off the road into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9895L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B0495
- Airframe hours
- 1,221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary R. Kuhn
- Registered owner
- Tatham, Clifford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Dirt Road
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 127 total · 95 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.