# Accident 19820823041169A: Piper PA20, Eagle River, AL, August 23, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1982, 19:30 local time
- Place: Eagle River, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7773K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7773K-2025-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 196 total, 57 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DAG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820823041169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASH OCCURRED WHEN ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC82DAG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG43), Aug 24, 1982: Piper PA-20 (N7773K), Eagle River, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7773K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19851215063859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851215063859A), Dec 15, 1985: Piper PA22 (N7773K), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast downwind. Ground looped to prevent overrunning the runway and struck a parked aircraft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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