- Date
- September 19, 1991, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4894APiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910919043769A
- Case key
- 5628
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Probable cause
The damage sustained when striking a rock during the previous takeoff roll which resulted in the main landing gear's collapse during 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
The pilot stated that during his takeoff he struck a rock which caused damage to the main landing gear. Upon landing at Eagle, the main gear collapsed and bent the wing's lift struts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4894A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4996
- Airframe hours
- 2,638
- Engine
- Lycoming 0320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd
- Registered owner
- Efrem Razmuney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 6, 1991 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- 40 Mile River, AK
- Destination
- EAA · Eagle, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- EAA · Eagle, runway 6, 3,500 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,430 total · 472 in this make and model · 14,400 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °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 N4894A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.