Amateur-built BEAVER U-64 accident near Port Moller, Alaska, September 7, 1982
On September 7, 1982, a amateur-built BEAVER U-64, registered N4022B, was substantially damaged in an accident near Port Moller, Alaska (Port Moller airport). It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person had minor injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 7, 1982 · cases in 1982
- Place
- Port Moller, Alaska · Port Moller · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built BEAVER U-64 BEAVER U-6
- Registration
- N4022B · registry record · serial 880
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB GUSTS CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO ROLL. WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED. WIND WAS 20 KTS GUSTING TO 45 KTS.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 2,602 hours in all; 2,602 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 5,888 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,100 lb
- Seats: 8
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P & W R-985 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: PML Port Moller AK at 4:15 pm
- Destination: Beach Site AK
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 19, 3,500 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; scat at 700 ft
- Temperature: 136°F (58°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N4022B on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Engine: P & W R-985 1,593 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 823 in the last ten years
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/ANC82DA084.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.