- Date
- August 26, 1990, 21:00 local (Aug 27, 1990, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72BWPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900826036369A
- Case key
- 5436
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane on landing.
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 he lost directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The airplane subsequently ground looped. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72BW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18159
- Airframe hours
- 4,810
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- O. J. Chaipman
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1990 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 29, 8,500 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 172 in this make and model · 212 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.