- Date
- July 14, 1990, 18:30 local (Jul 15, 1990, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Moller, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1765APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900714026279A
- Case key
- 5404
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident were the unfavorable winds, the soft runway surface, and the pilot's lack of training and total experience.
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 student pilot lost control and the airplane nosed over while landing on a soft runway. Strong, gusty wind conditions existed at the time. The pilot reported having a total of 91 hours, with only one hour with a CFI. His FAA medical certificate had expired, and he had not been approved to solo. The airplane, owned by the pilot, was overdue for an annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1765A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-499
- Airframe hours
- 2,085
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert J. Beck
- Registered owner
- James H. Huff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1988 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Airport
- L2G · Port Moller Afs, runway 1, 3,500 × 130 ft, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 91 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °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.