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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC85LA098

1985-06-19 NORTHWAY, Alaska, United States Airport · ORT None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5159E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ELSEN JEROME P WAG AERO SPORT TRNR

Year of manufacture

1993

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930728

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6779A

Registrant of record

STRAIGHT GARY D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT LANDED THE TAIL WHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT ON RWY 22 WITH A X-WIND FROM 290 DEG AT 8 KTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT ENTERED A GROUND LOOP & WAS DAMAGED. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.249%. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ANC85LA098.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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