- Date
- August 2, 1981
- Place
- Sterling, AK · STERLING, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1058HAeronca 15AC
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810802046869A
- Case key
- 124594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1813 81/8/2 STERLING,AK AERONCA 15AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 298 TIME - 0945 N1058H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,AK KING SALMON,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ENCTRD DIP IN COW PASTURE & BOUNCED INTO THE AIR.SETTLED,L GEAR HIT CLUMP OF GRASS,L OF TKOF AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1058H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1058HRegistration cancelled Jun 29, 2011 · Aeronca 15ACAirframe modelAeronca 15ACEngine modelContinental C145 series
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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.