# Accident 19920715036569A: Piper PA20, Wasilla, AK, July 15, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1992, 17:30 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7096K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7096K-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 330 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC92LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920715036569A

## Narrative

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

NEAR GROSS. ATTEMPTED WATER TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER LIFTOFF. ABORTED AND LANDED IN ADJACENT SWAMP.

## 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 ANC92LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA163), Jul 16, 1992: Piper PA-20 (N7096K), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION, AND HIS DELAYED ABORTED TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE THE AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE DATA.

## Other reports on N7096K (1)

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

- [Incident 19941023043649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941023043649I), Oct 23, 1994: Piper PA20 (N7096K), Palmer, AK. Landed to take pictures on frozen surface. Wheel broke through ice.

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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