- Date
- June 21, 1995, 17:00 local (Jun 22, 1995, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82022Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19950621017909A
- Case key
- 2667
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent stall of the airplane.
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 reported he was practicing shortfield takeoffs and landings for a pending FAA reexamination check ride. He said during a shortfield takeoff, he reduced a notch of flap soon after liftoff, and stalled the airplane. He was unable to recover prior to striking the ground.
Factual narrative
On June 21, 1995, about 1700 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-18-150 airplane, N82022, sustained substantial damage when it crashed during takeoff from the Clear Creek Airstrip, located approximately 23 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The solo commercial certificated pilot was not injured. The local, 14 CFR Part 91 flight operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.
According to the pilot, he was doing a series of practice shortfield takeoffs and landings in preparation for an upcoming FAA reexamination flight check. The pilot reported that shortly after liftoff from the Clear Creek Airstrip, he retracted a notch of flap, and the airplane entered an aerodynamic stall. He said he was unable to recover from the stall prior to striking the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82022
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7909113
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley L. Parkerson
- Registered owner
- Kenneth A. Storlie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAI · AK
- Airport
- 2AK2 · Clear Creek, runway 30, 4,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 3,100 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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 N82022 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.