- Date
- September 11, 1988, 18:00 local (Sep 12, 1988, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3148MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880911038039A
- Case key
- 5074
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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 private pilot stated that he was attempting to land on a gravel bar when the airplane encountered a soft spot and nosed over. He said that a contributing factor in the accident was that he had applied his brakes too strongly early in the landing roll, and had locked the brakes prior to encountering the soft spot, accentuating the tendency for the airplane to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3148M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 121835
- Airframe hours
- 1,922
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Echelmeyer, Keith A.
- Registered owner
- Echelmeyer, Keith A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1988 · 90 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 924 total · 160 in this make and model · 830 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 50 °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 N3148M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.