- Date
- May 8, 1991, 17:40 local (May 9, 1991, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83582Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910508016969A
- Case key
- 5542
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Carburetor icing and the pilot's failure to follow proper procedures and directives pertaining to carburetor heat.
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
While in the traffic pattern to the airport, the engine quit. The airplane crashed into a wooded area one half mile from the airport. Examination and engine run revealed no mechanical malfunction or failure. The pilot did state that he believed it was carburetor ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83582
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187709092
- Airframe hours
- 2,173
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas K. Besh
- Registered owner
- Thomas K. Besh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1991 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Beverly Lake, AK
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 932 total · 600 in this make and model · 813 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG, 1 nm away
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 N83582 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.