- Date
- August 17, 1988, 18:00 local (Aug 18, 1988, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Mountain, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5461YPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880817038899A
- Case key
- 5056
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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-in-command was maneuvering through a valley for the second time. During the second pass the engine lost power. Mixture was full rich, and the pilot applied carburetor heat and when nothing happened he turned the carburetor heat off. He attempted a restart by using the primer, which was unsuccessful. The pilot then executed an emergency landing. Attempts to contact the plt after the acc were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5461Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1466
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth & Perry Powers
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 180 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N5461Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.