# Accident 19900705024099A: Piper PA28180, Coldfoot, AK, July 5, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1990, 13:10 local time
- Place: Coldfoot, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8101° N, 147.7197° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8101&lon=-147.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6374J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6374J-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900705024099A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED INTO TREES AND BURNED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SOD STRIP. GUSTY CROSSWIND, POORLY MAINTAINED ENGINE LACKED POWER.

## 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 ANC90LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA112), Jul 5, 1990: Piper PA-28-180 (N6374J), Coldfoot, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM WHICH THE AIRPLANE COULD NOT OVERCOME WITH POWER. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE HEAVILY LOADED AIRPLANE AND THE ENGINE NOT…

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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