Piper PA-18 N91855

Summary

On 4 June 1997 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N91855, operated by Great Northern Airlines, 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

4 June 1997 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.2192, -149.8498

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N91855

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Great Northern Airlines

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC97LA083

Nobody was injured.

the flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action to correct an approach for a simulated emergency landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the student pilot's excessive descent rate during the approach.

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

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The flight instructor (CFI) was providing flight instruction in a float equipped airplane to a student that held a commercial certificate. The student was adding a single-engine seaplane rating to his license. The student was seated in the front seat of the airplane and was performing a simulated forced landing on a remote lake. During the landing approach, about 20 ft above the water, the rate of descent increased to about 300 feet per minute. Both pilots advanced the throttle, but the airplane touched down hard on the water. The airplane received damage to a fuselage longeron at the forward float attach point.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.