# Accident 20130605025939A: Piper PA-16, Mc Carthy, AK, June 5, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 5, 2013, 16:30 local time - Place: Mc Carthy, AK - Airport: Mccarthy - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 62.1010° N, 145.5297° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1010&lon=-145.5297&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5965H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5965H-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-16 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA109) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130605025939A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SPOKE WITH AIRMAN ON 10 APRIL 14. ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN JUNE OF 2013 BUT ROC WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL APRIL 2014. AIRMAN WAS INFORMED OF "PILOTS BILL OF RIGHTS" (PBR). ON OR ABOUT 23 JUNE 2013 THE AIRMAN WRECKED HIS RED AND BLACK 1949 PIPER CLIPPER PA-16, N5965H. THE CRASH SIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY 20MILES EAST OF MCCARTHY AIRPORT (PAMX) AIRMAN STATED THAT THE "WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I HAD A GREAT SPOT JUST OUTSIDE OF MCCARTHY. GOOD WINDS IN. LANDED AND HAD A GREAT HIKE, THEN TOOK OFF. TOOK OFF ON APPROXIMATELY 1000' GRAVEL BAR, TAKES ABOUT 700'-800' NORMALLY TO TAKE OFF. I WAS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE POWER CURVE JUST AIRBORNE AND THE WINDS DIED. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED, I WAS JUST OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND THE MAINS CAUGHT SOME BRUSH, THEN THE WING CAUGHT A TREE AND I WENT DOWN. EVERY SURFACE GOT 'WACKED'." AIRMAN STATED HE HURT HIS RIGHT HAND & CUT A FINGER. MINOR INJURIES. HE CALLED THE LOCAL FSS (KENAI AND WAS "FLOWN OUT" WRANGELL-ST ELIAS PARK SERVICE WAS NOTIFIED AND GIVEN DETAILS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRMAN DRUG THE AIRCRAFT UP ON BANK AND TARPED IT UP. HE WENT IN WITH SNOW MACHINES MUCH LATER AND TOOK IT ALL OUT. (RANGERS REPORTED "EARLY MARCH" "NO HARM NO FOUL, I FIGURED, UNTIL I HEARD ABOUT THE CAMERA CREW. ALL THEY REALLY GOT WAS PHOTOS OF BLUE TARP."-AIRMAN STATED. HE WANTS TO RENEW REGISTRATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SINCE "HE HAD IT SINCE HE STARTED FLYING AT 18. (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) FAA LOOKED AT IT A WHILE BACK AND MENTIONED IT HADN'T HAD ANY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT IN OVER TEN YEARS. I DID ALL THE WORK ON THE AIRPLANE." (VERIFIED HE IS NOT, NEVER WAS, AN A&P) HIS FRIEND HAD A FEW PICTURES HE WILLL PROVIDE. HE VERIFIED HE DID RECEIVE THE LETTER FROM THE FAA REGARDING THE REGISTRATION. TV CREW FROM THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL HAS PHOTO'S/VIDEOS OF THE CRASHED AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRMAN REMOVING IT. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: PHONE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL) A CONTACT FROM THE COMPANY CALLED ME AND GVE ME A NUMBER FOR FOOTAGE RELEASE. AIRMAN INFORMED ME OF A CRASH HE HAD IN KODIAK 15 MARCH 2010. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROVIDED INSPECTOR WITH A SHORT STATEMENT FROM THE DAY OF THE EVENT. IT CLARIFIED SOME DETAILS NOT PROVIDED FROM THE AIRMAN. KENAI FSS WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BUT THE RANGER WAS TOLD BY THE AIRMAN THAT HE WOULD NOTIFIY THE FAA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED APPROX. 15 MARCH. ## 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 ANC13CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA109), Jun 5, 2013: Piper PA 16 (N5965H), Glennallen, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control during the initial climb after takeoff, resulting in a collision with trees. ## Other reports on N5965H (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19770602014239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770602014239A), Jun 2, 1977: Piper PA16 (N5965H), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Apt sup pers-lack of written policy on starting engines at gates. Plt oth ac-fld cmply wth twr drct 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.