Piper PA-18-150 N6978B

Summary

On 26 July 1987 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N6978B, operated by Jerold LEE Vantrease, was involved in an accident near Levelock, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 July 1987 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Levelock, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Levelock (KLL)

Coordinates

59.2908, -156.6508

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N6978B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jerold LEE Vantrease

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Naknek → Iliamna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC87LA109

1 person 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

AS THE PILOT OF THE PIPER PA-18 AIRPLANE WAS COMPLETING HIS LANDING ROLL AT THE UNATTENDED AIRPORT, THREE CHILDREN, RIDING AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV), PULLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND WERE STRUCK BY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP BEFORE COLLIDING WITH IT. TRACKS ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAYS INDICATED THEY WERE USED BY VARIOUS VEHICLES AS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE. THESE TRACKS WERE NOT LEVEL OR STRAIGHT AND MANY INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLES MAKING THEM FREQUENTLY PULLED UP ONTO THE RUNWAYS WHICH WERE SMOOTH SURFACED. THERE WERE NUMEROUS AREAS OUTSIDE THE RUNWAY EDGES WHERE AN INDIVIDUALS VIEW OF THE RUNWAY WOULD BE OBSTRUCTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.