- Date
- August 31, 1990, 08:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Northway, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4091ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900831037819A
- Case key
- 5441
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Probable cause
The 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 out, the pilot lost control and stalled the airplane. The airplane crashed in the tundra.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4091Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188109
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Sands
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1990 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Chisana, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- C2N · Chisana
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,590 total · 507 in this make and model · 1,590 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °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 N4091Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.