- Date
- September 15, 1992, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Totatlanika Rvr, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1148APiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920915036679A
- Case key
- 5810
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor inflight planning/decision in evaluating and selecting unsuitable terrain for the landing area. Factors contributing to the accident were: snow covered terrain, and the pilot's lack of recent experience in this type of operation.
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 wheel equipped PA-18 nosed over while landing on a snow covered river barr. This was the first landing in snow covered environment this season.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1148A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-742
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Julian S. Reeder
- Registered owner
- Julian S. Reeder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1991
- Departed
- ENN · Nenana, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Temperature
- 37 °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 N1148A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.