- Date
- October 20, 1979
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK · QUINHAGAK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N17696Beech A36
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791020032719A
- Case key
- 133178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3281 79/10/20 QUINHAGAK,AK BEECH A36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 3050 TIME - 1420 N17696 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 710 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUINHAGAK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINHAGAK,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- SILT & GRAVEL RWY.POOR TKOF ACCELERATION.PLT THOUGHT HE COULD NOT CLEAR RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17696
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quinhagak
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N17696 · 1
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