20211107018989A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gerald Jones 2+2 · Kodiak, AK · November 7, 2021

Date
November 7, 2021 · 14:00 local
Place
Kodiak, AK
Airport
Kodiak Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N540AK
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC22FA005
Reported as
Gerald Jones 2+2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
50 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed rwy 2 and climbed to approx. 200' AGL, then made a hard right turn, and continued climb to about 300' AGL.

Aircraft then made rapid almost vertical descent and impacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 2 AND CLIMBED TO APPROX. 200' AGL, THEN MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN, AND CONTINUED CLIMB TO ABOUT 300' AGL.

AIRCRAFT THEN MADE RAPID ALMOST VERTICAL DESCENT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.