# Accident 19830522025309A: Piper PA28151, Big Lake, AK, May 22, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1983, 21:50 local time
- Place: Big Lake, AK
- Airport: Settlers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6563° N, 149.8867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6563&lon=-149.8867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43598 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 180 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC83LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830522025309A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DELAYED GO AROUND AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES AT DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC83LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA084), May 23, 1983: Piper PA-28-151 (N43598), Big Lake, AK, substantial damage

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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