- Date
- July 28, 1990, 16:12 local (Jul 29, 1990, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Gulkana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2362APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900728028929A
- Case key
- 5412
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain flying speed during the go-around.
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 stated that during a go-around attempt he stalled the airplane and crashed into a wooded area just off the airport. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot was seriously injured and the one passenger received minor injuries. At the time of the accident the wind was reported as 170 degrees at 20 knots, gusting 30 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2362A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Szaruas, Martin
- Registered owner
- Martin Szaruas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Wasilla, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GKN · Gulkana, runway 14, 4,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 700 in this make and model · 620 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GKN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.