- Date
- November 21, 1989, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N54938Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5469
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N54938
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7709024
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Public use
- Operator
- US Dept Of Interior
- Registered owner
- Lentsch Bell
- Departed
- Denali Nat'L Pk, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
N54938Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- -4 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N54938 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.