- Date
- June 3, 1995, 18:00 local (Jun 4, 1995, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Big Delta, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4232ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19950603019789A
- Case key
- 2656
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment with the landing surface. A factor relating to the accident was: the rough/uneven landing surface.
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 landing on a narrow unimproved airstrip. The airplane's right wheel rolled off the airstrip's surface and struck a hole. The airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On June 3, 1995, at 1800 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N4232Z, registered to and operated by the pilot, nosed over during landing on an unnamed and unimproved airstrip located 10 miles south of Fort Greely, Alaska, near Big Delta, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Fairbanks, Alaska, and the destination was the airstrip. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and his passenger were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.
According to the pilot, the airstrip was narrow and the airplane's right wheel rolled off the airstrip. The wheel struck a hole and the airplane nosed over.
During a telephone conversation with the pilot, he was told that he would receive an NTSB Form 6120.1/2 and he agreed to complete the form. The NTSB Form 6120.1/2 was sent to the pilot on three separate occasions, June 20, 1995, July 27, 1995 and September 29, 1995. He did not respond to any of the requests.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4232Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7383
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Parkerson, Stanley L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,282 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
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 N4232Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.