- Date
- October 9, 1991, 11:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Port Heiden, AK
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N7056Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5833
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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Aircraft
- Registration
- N7056
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Public use
- Operator
- State Of Alaska
- Departed
- Sandy River, AK
- Destination
- PTH · Port Heiden, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTH