- Date
- November 29, 2021, 15:00 local (Nov 30, 2021, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N108JFound Acft Canada FBA-2C1
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20211129020159A
- Case key
- 104343
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during takeoff, he applied full right rudder and “lightly” applied the right brake as he advanced the engine power to about 30%. The airplane began to veer left, and he reduced the engine power to idle. Subsequently, the airplane continued to veer left, exited the runway, and came to rest in a ditch. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N108J
- Reported as
- Found Acft Canada FBA-2C1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39
- Built
- 2003
- Airframe hours
- 2,468
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540 L1C5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Alaska West Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kustatan Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 2021
- Destination
- PABG · Beluga, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PVT · Salamatof Airpark, runway 34, 2,700 × 60 ft, snow
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 19, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 13,800 total · 300 in this make and model · 13,778 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 19 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.24 inHg
- Observed at
- PAEN, 4 nm away
- METAR
- PAEN 292353Z 02019G24KT 3SM -SN BR OVC011 M09/M11 A2924 RMK AO2 PK WND 03028/2336 SLP903 P0000 60000 T10891111 11089 21128 58047
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 18, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.