- Date
- August 3, 1990, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Falls Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N159TPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900803030009A
- Case key
- 5417
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control.
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
During the initial climb, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane. The airplane then stalled and crashed at the departure end of the takeoff area. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182273
- Airframe hours
- 1,610
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Talkeetna Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 4,900 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
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 N159T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.