# Incident 20040624017989I: Aerovd L39, Anchorage, AK, June 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L-39 (registry code 05603SJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 165 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040624017989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOR UNEXPLAINED AND UNKNOWN CAUSES. THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT JUST BEFORE LIFTOFF WHILE IT WAS STILL ON THE GROUND DURING ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAKEOFF AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ELMENDORF AFB, ALASKA. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.

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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