19850629028459A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA12 · Chugiak, AK · June 29, 1985

Date
June 29, 1985 · 21:15 local
Place
Chugiak, AK
Airport
Hilltop
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3081M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85FA111
Reported as
Piper STCPA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
677 total329 in this make and model46 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.

Engine quit on takeoff. Uncontrolled descent to impact. Carburetor float absorbed gas. Service bulletin on float.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. UNCONTROLLED DESCENT TO IMPACT. CARBURETOR FLOAT ABSORBED GAS. SERVICE BULLETIN ON FLOAT.

NTSB investigation

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