- Date
- May 4, 1990, 16:00 local (May 5, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glennallen, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N91117Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900504014199A
- Case key
- 5361
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain proper altitude and terrain clearance while maneuvering.
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 was maneuvering at a low latitude when the airplane's left wing struck the ground. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was seriously injured. The passenger received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91117
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188109072
- Airframe hours
- 1,418
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Gulkana Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 15, 1989 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- GKN · Glennallen, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,350 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 30 °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 N91117 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.