19790429022699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Iliamna, AK · April 29, 1979

Date
April 29, 1979 · 15:54 local
Place
Iliamna, AK
Airport
Iliamna
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7735H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAG45
Reported as
Piper PA12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total800 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot allowed acft to drift off runway alignment on liftoff. Struck VASI lights and brush.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT ON LIFTOFF. STRUCK VASI LIGHTS AND BRUSH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.