- Date
- August 13, 1989, 08:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Red Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83622Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890813030179A
- Case key
- 5241
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain. The rough/uneven terrain was a contributing factor.
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
While hunting sheep, the pilot elected to land on a mountain ridge. The terrain was rough with tundra & rocks. During the landing, the right main landing gear went in a hole & was bent, allowing the nose to drop & the right wing to hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83622
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7709104
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Williams, Jay K.
- Registered owner
- William, Jay K
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Your Creek, AK
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 611 total · 273 in this make and model · 591 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °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 N83622 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.