# Accident 20110817018139A: Piper PA-20, Beluga, AK, August 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2011, 18:00 local time
- Place: Beluga, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2697° N, 151.7931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2697&lon=-151.7931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7763K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7763K-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110817018139A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT CARRYING A PASSENGER, OF A PA-20 AIRCRAFT, N7763K AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, DID NOT PROPERLY EVALUATE THE TAKEOFF PATH.  THERE WAS A SLIGHT TAILWIND <5 KNOTS AND TAKEOFF ROLL WAS LONGER THAN EXPECTED.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HUMP IN THE RUNWAY JUST AS HE ROTATED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE GEAR, PITCHING THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD ONTO THE PROPELLER AND AIRPLANES NOSE.  THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY FLIPPED OVER.  HE, NOR HIS PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WERE INJURED.  AN ALASKA STATE TROOPER TRANSPORTED THEM BACK TO ANCHORAGE BY HELICOPTER AFTER SETTING OFF THEIR SPOT BEACON.

## 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 ANC11CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA082), Aug 18, 2011: Piper PA-20 (N7763K), Tyonek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s decision to take off toward a hill with a gusting tailwind. Contributing was the pilot's premature rotation that prevented the airplane from climbing over the hill.

## Other reports on N7763K (1)

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

- [Accident 19840507017409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840507017409A), May 7, 1984: Piper PA20 (N7763K), Ester, AK, Substantial damage. Encountered overflow landing a ski equipped aircraft on a snow covered frozen river. Temperature above freezing.

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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