- Date
- August 8, 1988, 16:30 local (Aug 9, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chandalar River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8066CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880808036429A
- Case key
- 5050
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
After touchdown on the gravel bar along the side of the River, the pilot lost control and the airplane nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8066C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 183417
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith C. Koontz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1988 · 110 hours before
N8066CRegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,450 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.