- Date
- August 30, 1979
- Place
- Dillingham, AK · DILLINGHAM, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1089APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790830023729A
- Case key
- 134045
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2330 79/8/30 NR.DILLINGHAM,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 460 TIME - 1130 N1089A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DILLINGHAM,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.PLT STATED LAKE WAS BARELY ADEQUATE IN SIZE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1089A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon Pond
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.