19890930039979A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Kiana Creek, AK · September 30, 1989

Date
September 30, 1989 · 17:45 local
Place
Kiana Creek, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N83381
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA179
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,500 in this make and model

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What happened

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Wind switched direction on takeoff roll. Aborted and struck a stump at end of unimproved airstrip.

As the FAA filed it

WIND SWITCHED DIRECTION ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED AND STRUCK A STUMP AT END OF UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIP.

NTSB investigation

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