- Date
- August 31, 1980
- Place
- Big Lake, AK · BIG LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6981BPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800831076279A
- Case key
- 127960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3388 80/8/31 BIG LAKE,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, UNK/NR TIME - 2300 N6981B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG LAKE,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- TKOF ACROSS INLET OF LAKE ON MOONLIT NGT,CRASHED APRX 800FT FM DEP POINT.FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6981B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6981B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC02LA112Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on a remote airstrip, and his failure to perform a go-around that resulted in the airplane overrunning the end of the strip. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate evaluation of a tailwind…NTSB ANC90LA048Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKodiak, AKThe pilot failed to maintain proper obstacle clearance altitude during his final approach.