- Date
- May 21, 1992, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6840BPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920521015609A
- Case key
- 5736
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and his inadequate remedial action.
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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Remedial action - inadequateCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
The pilot of the Piper PA-22 had trouble maintaining directional control after touchdown, and did not take adequate remedial action to keep the aircraft from ground looping and dragging a wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6840B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4138
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chase, Kenneth W.
- Registered owner
- Chase, Kenneth W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ANV · Anvik, AK
- Destination
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Airport
- MCG · Mc Grath
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °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.