- Date
- September 16, 1992, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kasilof, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2464MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920916036999A
- Case key
- 5812
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's inadvertant power off stall entry resulting in the collision with the terrain.
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
Following a normal takeoff the pilot climbed at a steeper than normal rate. A backfire was heard by the pilot who reacted by rapidly closing the throttle without lowering the nose. The airplane entered a power off stall. The pilot applied power immediately and the engine responded normally, albeit too late to recover from the flat impact with the runway, substantially damaging the airplane and seriously injuring the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2464M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1548
- Airframe hours
- 107
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-0Z, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eugene C. Rosenquist
- Registered owner
- Eugene C. Rosenquist
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1991 · 52 hours before
- Airport
- 5KS · Kasilof, runway 36, 2,165 × 40 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.