Piper PA-12 N92740

Summary

On 14 August 1984 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N92740 was involved in an accident near Juneau, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1984 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Juneau, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N92740

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Juneau → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA84LA220

2 people had minor injuries.

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

OVER A MOUNTAIN PASS THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE THE PLT DESCRIBED AS 'SEVERE'. THE ACFT LOST 500 TO 1,000 FT AND TURNED 180 DEG. A 180 DEG CLIMBING TURN WAS INITIATED AND THE ACFT AGAIN FLEW INTO THE TURBULENCE. AFTER THE SECOND ENCOUNTER AILERON AND ELEVATOR CONTROL WERE NORMAL BUT RUDDER INPUTS WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE PLT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAR A RIDGE AHEAD AND FLEW INTO THE RISING TERRAIN IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. ON RECOVERY OF THE ACFT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RUDDER HAD FAILED ABOVE THE TOP HINGE POINT. A FLT PRECAUTION WAS ISSUED BY JUNEAU FSS WARNING OF MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE BELOW 5,000 FT, SPECIFICALLY NEAR MOUNTAIN PASSES. NO WX BRIEF WAS OBTAINED BY THE PLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.