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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Frchld C119 · Tobin Creek, AK · April 21, 1984

Date
April 21, 1984 · 17:30 local
Place
Tobin Creek, AK
Airport
Tobin Creek
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15509
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC84LA058
Reported as
Frchld C119
Reported engine
WRIGHT R335091
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,060 total3,503 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left wheel struck a snow berm on takeoff and pulled aircraft into a snowbank. Steering degraded by wind and gravel.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WHEEL STRUCK A SNOW BERM ON TAKEOFF AND PULLED AIRCRAFT INTO A SNOWBANK. STEERING DEGRADED BY WIND AND GRAVEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.