- Date
- October 26, 1991, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1887APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19911026048089A
- Case key
- 5668
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While on final approach to the gravel bar, and just before the flare, the airplane stalled and crashed. The pilot stated that she lost control of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1887A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181725
- Airframe hours
- 3,331
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary & Ann Foster
- Registered owner
- Gary & Ann Foster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1991 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Talkeetna, AK
N1887ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 310 total · 243 in this make and model · 267 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 18 °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.