Piper PA-18 accident near Delta Junction, AK
On April 29, 1993, a Piper PA-18 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Delta Junction, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 29, 1993
- Place
- Delta Junction, AK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 63.699°N, 144.890°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12058
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 29, 1993, at 0830 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper PA 18 airplane, N2578P, collided with the mountainous terrain approximately 28 miles southwest of Delta Junction, Alaska. The private pilot was fatally injured, the passenger seriously injured, and the airplane destroyed on impact. The local business flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Delta Junction at 0700. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and no flight plan was filed. The purpose of the flight was reportedly to look for bear hunting areas. The pilot and passenger are both registered hunting guides. The wreckage was found at the 4500 foot level of a mountainside, about 200 feet lower than, and 500 yards from, the mountaintop. The crash site was on a slope approximately 25 to 30 degrees. The passenger stated that they had been flying toward the mountaintop when the airplane's wings rocked up and down several times then the airplane stalled and hit the ground. PERSONNEL INFORMATION Forty four year old Fredrick Malcom Wolfe was the pilot in command at the time of the accident. He was the holder of a FAA Private Pilot Certificate and was last issued an FAA Airman Medical Certificate, a Third Class, on November 3, 1992, with a limitation that read "Holder shall wear corrective lenses while exercising the privileges of his airman certificate". Following the accident the pilot's widow, Mrs. Sharon Wolfe, was contacted by telephone. During the conversation she stated the following in part: "We had gotten married only about three weeks before the fatal accident. I am an
Probable cause
A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
