ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295258
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 2003 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-160 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4418Z |
| MSN: | 18-8753 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Skwentna, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wasilla , AK |
| Skwentna , AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was attempting to fly over a 1,200 foot long, gravel-surfaced site before landing. He reported that as he maneuvered the airplane for the fly over, he applied 10 degrees of wing flaps, and a "downdraft came over the wings and stalled them both... ." The airplane subsequently struck the ground in a nose down attitude, and came to rest about 200 feet from the approach end of the intended landing site. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was a downdraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC03LA111
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 June 1986 | N4418Z | Aces Up Aviation | 0 | Girdwood, AK | |
sub |
| 29 April 2000 | N4418Z | Private | 0 | SELDOVIA, Alaska | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 06:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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