ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189638
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| Date: | Saturday 27 August 2016 |
| Time: | 10:48 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8998Y |
| MSN: | 18-7509132 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1950 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salcha River area NE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks, AK (AK28) |
| Salcha, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot stated that he was conducting a solo cross-country flight when he entered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) during the en route portion of the flight. In an attempt to exit IMC, the pilot continued straight ahead and began a descent. While descending, he saw trees through the fog and attempted to climb just prior to impacting the trees. Following the impact, a post-crash fire ensued.
The accident pilot's flight instructor stated that he departed about 10 minutes ahead of the accident pilot in the same direction, but due to low cloud ceilings had returned to his departure airport. When he landed and turned on his cell phone, he received a voicemail from the accident pilot stating that he had crashed, there was a post-crash fire, and he needed help.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8998Y
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 September 2011 | N8998Y | Private | 0 | Fairbanks, Alaska | |
sub |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2016 18:48 | Geno | Added |
| 30-Aug-2016 00:03 | Geno | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2018 19:10 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 17-Sep-2018 19:02 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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