Piper PA-18 N4882P

Summary

On 7 October 2000 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N4882P was involved in an accident near Ekwok, 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

7 October 2000 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ekwok, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

59.3502, -157.4795

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N4882P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Ekwok

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA004

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind condition. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport certificated pilot was departing a remote, tundra covered bench on an air taxi flight. During the takeoff roll toward the north, just as the airplane became airborne, the pilot said a strong wind from left front lifted the left wing. The right main landing gear tire and the right wing struck the ground, and the airplane pivoted to the right. The airplane then went over the edge of the bench and into a creek bed. The airplane received damage to the right wing, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot said the wind conditions were about 300 degrees at 15 knots, gusts to 25 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.