Piper PA-18 N4167Z

Summary

On 19 May 2006 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N4167Z, operated by Charles L. Summerville III, was involved in an accident near Naknek, Alaska, United States. 3 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

19 May 2006 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Naknek, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Diamond J (9Z7)

Coordinates

58.9628, -156.9322

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N4167Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charles L. Summerville III

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Naknek → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06LA056

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undetermined reason, which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent collision with high vegetation and the ground.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was in cruise flight about 1,000 feet above ground level (agl), when the engine began to lose rpm. The pilot said the engine gauges appeared to be normal, but the rpm kept decreasing. The pilot said he performed all emergency procedures, including application of carburetor heat, but the airplane could not sustain level flight. He turned toward a remote airstrip, and prepared for an emergency landing. The pilot said the airplane collided with alders and then bounced off the ground, coming to rest near the end of runway 13 at the airstrip, facing the opposite direction of flight. The airplane received structural damage to the fuselage, empennage, and wings. The pilot was unable to determine what precipitated the loss of engine power, and the engine was not examined by NTSB or FAA personnel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.