- Date
- September 27, 1990, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Birchwood, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9279DPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900927042569A
- Case key
- 5311
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to correctly analyze the wind and its effect on the airplane during the landing; thereby failing to maintain proper directional control.
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
According to a witness, the airplane was landing on the gravel strip adjacent to runway 01. Just after touchdown the airplane went out of control and departed the gravel strip off the right side. The wind was from 210 degrees at 8 knots gusting to 12 knots. The pilot-in-command was landing on runway 01, the gravel strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9279D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6582
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry H. Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 1, gravel
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 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 N9279D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.