- Date
- August 12, 1992, 16:00 local (Aug 13, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eisenmenger Crk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3889PPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920812031289A
- Case key
- 5778
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper preflight planning/preparation, and his failure to attain clearance of the high vegetation during takeoff. A contributing factor to the accident was the high vegetation.
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
On the day prior to the accident the pilot landed at the remote, unimproved strip, which at the time, was 200 to 250 feet long. During that landing he used heavy braking and nosed the airplane over into a small creek, causing minor damage. The next day, after getting the airplane right side up, and the strip lengthened to 450 feet long, he attempted to takeoff. After getting airborne the right main landing gear contacted some bushes, causing the airplane to hit the tundra and nose over again.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3889P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4722
- Airframe hours
- 3,806
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Owen D. Brant
- Registered owner
- Owen D. Brant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1992 · 37 hours before
- Destination
- D66 · Delta Junction, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,481 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,957 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N3889P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.