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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-11 · Fairbanks, AK · July 28, 1979

Date
July 28, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5028H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAA28
Reported as
Piper PA11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total350 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Made takeoff on a gravel bar. Right wing struck willow bushes. Acft hit tree stumps. Flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

MADE TAKEOFF ON A GRAVEL BAR. RIGHT WING STRUCK WILLOW BUSHES. ACFT HIT TREE STUMPS. FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N5028H · 1

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