- Date
- May 9, 1992, 21:25 local (May 10, 1992, 05:25 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Hills, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3498APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920509014099A
- Case key
- 5721
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained. A factor to the accident was: a bird.
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 reported that during the takeoff ground run, a large raven flew towards the propeller. The pilot maneuvered the airplane to avoid colliding with the bird and lost directional control. The airplane travelled off the runway and nosed over in the tundra.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3498A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1770
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patterson, Frederich
- Registered owner
- Patterson, Frederich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- AK63 · Twin Hills, runway 1, 2,000 × 45 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 405 total · 50 in this make and model · 333 as pilot in command · 201 in the last 90 days · 105 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °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 N3498A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.