Plane Crash List

Piper PA-18-150 N4127Z

1 April 1983 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 April 1983 at about 00:53 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4127Z, operated by Clifford A. Pulis, was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:53
Classification
Accident
Location
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Lake Hood (Z41)
Coordinates
61.2194, -149.8503
Aircraft
Piper PA-18-150
Registration
N4127Z
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Clifford A. Pulis
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC83LA062

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED DURING A FULL STOP LANDING. THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THIS CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT. THE TOUCHDOWN OF THIS LAST LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT DURING ROLLOUT THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RESPONDED WITH OPPOSITE RUDDER, BRAKE AND ADDED A LITTLE POWER BUT THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY AND NOSED DOWN IN THE MUSKEG ALONGSIDE THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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