Piper PA-18-150 N4024Z

Summary

On 29 May 2022 at about 02:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4024Z was involved in an accident near Glacier View, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 May 2022 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Glacier View, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.7869, -147.7981

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4024Z

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wasilla → Glacier View

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC22LA038

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing approach, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low to recover.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, while turning the airplane from a downwind to base leg to an off-airport landing site, the airplane’s left wing stalled, and the airplane began to spin. The pilot did not have sufficient altitude to recover, and the airplane descended into a river short of the intended landing area. The airplane was destroyed and was unrecoverable. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.