# Accident 20050723017459A: Jeska MURPHYREBEL, Kivalina, AK, July 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2005, 13:55 local time
- Place: Kivalina, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.8033° N, 164.0900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.8033&lon=-164.0900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7478T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7478T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jeska Clifford MURPHY REBEL (registry code 05620UE, https://openairdocs.org/model/jeska-clifford-murphy-rebel) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JESKA MURPHYREBEL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050723017459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON JULY 23, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1355 LOCAL TIME, N7478T STRUCK AN OBJECT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A GRAVEL BAR 12 MILES UP THE WULIK RIVER NEAR KIVILINA, ALASKA.

## 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 ANC05CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA105), Jul 23, 2005: Jeska Murphy Rebel (N7478T), Kivalina, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in a stall and collision with a ditch. A factor contributing to the accident was the ditch.

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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