- Date
- May 20, 1980
- Place
- Kahiltna Strip, AK · KAHILTNA STRIP, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N15087Cessna R172E
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800520022999A
- Case key
- 130427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1549 80/5/20 NR.KAHILTNA STRIP,AK CESSNA R172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 347 TIME - 0915 N15087 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAHILTNA GLACIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAHILTNA STRIP,AK BRYANT AAF,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- INTMT SOFT & HARD SURFACE ON SAND/GRAVEL BUSH STRIP.ACFT SETTLED AFTER LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15087
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kahiltna Glacier
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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.