- Date
- August 31, 1989, 19:30 local (Sep 1, 1989, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Trading Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4482EPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890831033669A
- Case key
- 5254
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Probable cause
Selection of unsuitable terrain (landing area) by the pilot. Contributing factors were: improper information provided by other personnel and a hidden obstruction (log) in tall vegetation (grass).
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 plt & a friend were on a flt to an off-arpt location to hunt ducks. After arriving, another acft was parked in their usual landing area, obstructing its use. Personnel of a 3rd acft (float plane) recommended an alternate location for landing. This was a grass covered mud flat, which the plt of N4482E elected to use. However, drg the landing roll-out, the acft hit a log after traveling about 35 yards.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4482E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8109025
- Airframe hours
- 475
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 1, 1989 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °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 N4482E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.