19790513007319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28151 · Talkeetna, AK · May 13, 1979

Date
May 13, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N43598
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79FAG50
Reported as
Piper PA28151
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total2 in this make and model8 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.

Aircraft struck soft spot on takeoff roll. Pilot forced acft into air. Acft settled into swampy area.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOFT SPOT ON TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT FORCED ACFT INTO AIR. ACFT SETTLED INTO SWAMPY AREA.

NTSB investigation

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