- Date
- July 6, 1991, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9579DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910706029129A
- Case key
- 5578
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed and directional control of the airplane during the initial climb.
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 after liftoff the airplane stalled. He then lost control of the airplane and crashed next to an empty log cabin at the end of the airstrip. After rolling for about 30 feet, the left wing struck the cabin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9579D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 186764
- Airframe hours
- 4,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald G. Deering
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1991 · 58 hours before
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,578 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 8,578 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °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 N9579D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.