- Date
- June 14, 1992, 23:00 local (Jun 15, 1992, 07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oshetna River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N3516PPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920614021699A
- Case key
- 5745
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Probable cause
The tailwind and the pilot not understanding the effects. Factors relating to the accident were the attempted precautionary landing and the high vegetation in the forced landing area.
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 was departing the one way in and one way out airstrip with a quartering tailwind. After lift off he was unable to out climb the bluff and surrounding terrain. He turned the airplane downwind and was still unable to climb so he landed in the alder bushes. The airplane burned after the landing. The pilot stated there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane prior to or during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3516P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3269
- Airframe hours
- 3,533
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jonathan R. King
- Registered owner
- Jonathan R. King
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 17, 1991 · 85 hours before
- Destination
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- 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 N3516P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.