Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-18 N9104D

9 September 1982 · Near Clear, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 September 1982 at about 03:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N9104D, operated by Wallace W. Rochester, was involved in an accident near Near Clear, 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 03:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Near Clear, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Bush Strip
Coordinates
64.2999, -149.1495
Aircraft
Piper PA-18
Registration
N9104D
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Wallace W. Rochester
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Near Clear → Near Clear
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC82FA089

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 PLT REPORTED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT-OFF THE ACFT BEGAN A RIGHT TURN. HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER & LEFT AILERON BUT THE ACFT DID NOT RESPOND. IT CONTINUED TO TURN RIGHT UNTIL IT STRUCK TREES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRIP. THE PLT THOUGHT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION OF THE FLT CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE CAL CENTER CONVERSION. NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THE ACFT HAD FLOWN ONLY 6 HRS SINCE THE CONVERSION WAS INSTALLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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