- Date
- July 29, 1990, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kustatan River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98994Piper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900729029109A
- Case key
- 5413
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Probable cause
The pilot selected unsuitable terrain for landing. The terrain was a contributing factor.
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
During the landing rollout on a gravel bar the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98994
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12352
- Airframe hours
- 2,989
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parnow, David
- Registered owner
- David Parow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1990 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,258 total · 552 in this make and model · 1,231 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N98994 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.