66.8868° N, 162.4917° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 6, 1982 · 12:45 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N345BG
Reported as
Piper PA18A
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
495 total80 in this make and model24 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.
Unable to climb on attempted takeoff from rough short strip, struck trees. Pilot burned aircraft after accident.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO CLIMB ON ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM ROUGH SHORT STRIP, STRUCK TREES. PILOT BURNED AIRCRAFT AFTER ACCIDENT.