# Accident 20060819017899A: Piper PA16, Chugiak, AK, August 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2006, 10:44 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4244° N, 149.4078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4244&lon=-149.4078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5280H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5280H-2018-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060819017899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FLOAT EQUIPPED PIPER PA-16 DEPARTED MIRROR LAKE AIRPORT ONE MILE NORTH OF EAGLE RIVER ALASKA WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WIFE AND FAMILY DOG. DURING TAKEOFF AT APPR. 200 FEET THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA. WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO FLIGHTS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ANCHORAGE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPR. 220 FEET THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS AND CRASHED IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED TWO BROKEN LEGS, WIFE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AND DOG INJURIES ARE UNKN.

## 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 ANC06LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA118), Aug 19, 2006: Piper PA-16 (N5280H), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly preflight the airplane and remove all water from the fuel system, which resulted in a loss of engine power during takeoff/initial climb, and subsequent loss of…

## Other reports on N5280H (2)

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

- [Accident 20010720039839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010720039839A), Jul 20, 2001: Piper PA16 (N5280H), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 20, 2001 at 1315 adt, a wheel equipped Piper PA-16 airplane, N5280H, sustained substantial damage during landing at Merrill field, Anchorage…
- [Accident 19980609012849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980609012849A), Jun 9, 1998: Piper PA16 (N5280H), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped off runway landing. Damaged left wing. Collapsed left main gear.(-23) on June 9, 1998, about 1233 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper…

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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