# Incident 19830826054019I: Piper PA14, Kodiak, AK, August 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1983, 14:59 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4201H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4201H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830826054019I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED DOWNWIND WATER TAKEOFF DUE TO OBSTRUCTIONS. UNABLE TO STOP. THE FLOAT PLANE STRUCK THE SHORE.

## Other reports on N4201H (1)

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

- [Accident 19910812036789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910812036789A), Aug 12, 1991: Piper STCPA14 (N4201H), Seldovia, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Pilot believed fuel exhausted after water takeoff. Struck beach on forced landing. Bounced into water.

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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