- Date
- May 3, 1990, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nenana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1192CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900503013129A
- Case key
- 5360
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Probable cause
The main wheels (or brakes) had locked for an unknown reason.
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 reported that shortly after touchdown on a gravel airstrip in a remote area, the aircraft nosed over, despite his attempts to keep the tail from raising. He said that after he exited the aircraft, he checked the wheels & they were 'locked up.' He camped overnight & waited to be rescued the next day. When he checked the brakes the next day, they were free to rotate with only a slight drag. The pilot said that he had serviced the brakes after the previous flight & that he had released the parking brake. In a written statement, he estimated the surface temperature was about 38 deg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1192C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182476
- Airframe hours
- 3,563
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randie L. Priem
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1989 · 133 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 276 total · 215 in this make and model · 230 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N1192C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.