Piper PA-18-160 N3684Z

Summary

On 18 June 1998 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-160 registered N3684Z was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 June 1998 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Roy's Strip

Coordinates

61.1594, -149.9896

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-160

Registration

N3684Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Talkeetna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC98LA077

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to correct engine/propeller torque and P factor, and the subsequent loss of directional control during the takeoff roll. Factors associated with the accident are the narrow, confined, takeoff area, and bordering high vegetation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported she was attempting to takeoff from a narrow, remote, airstrip bordered by willows and brush. She said she lost directional control during the takeoff roll, and the left wing struck willows alongside the airstrip. The airplane subsequently went into the willows and brush, and received substantial damage. The pilot told an NTSB investigator the cause of the accident was '...pilot error; I didn't use enough right rudder, and the torque got me.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.