- Date
- July 19, 1980
- Place
- Togiak, AK · TOGIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N679RKPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800719035979A
- Case key
- 129968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1538 80/7/19 NR.TOGIAK,AK PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1300 TIME - 1915 N679RK PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DILLINGHAM,AK RETURN TOGIAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- TURNED INTO WND AFTER TKOF FM ROUGH GRAVEL/SANDBAR.MOVED OFF SHELF OUT OF GND EFFECT,SETTLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N679RK
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N679RKRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming O-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N679RK · 1
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