- Date
- October 12, 1990, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7049KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19901012045879A
- Case key
- 5503
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Probable cause
Inadvertant stall during an aborted 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
According to the uncertificated pilot-in-command, he was attempting to test the condition of the airstrip by touching down lightly. Upon touchdown on the fresh wet snow covered airstrip, the airplane decelerated rapidly and he applied full power. The airplane lifted off and was flying in ground effect toward the river. The pilot elected to make a turn an remain over land. The left wing dropped suddenly, recovered, then dropped again and the airplane flew into the alder bushes sideways.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7049K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-157
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles C. Center
- Registered owner
- Charles Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Field Site, AK
- Airport
- NONE · Unnamed
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
- 33
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 82 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °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 N7049K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.