- Date
- April 11, 1982, 06:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montague Island, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N28582Piper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820411009169A
- Case key
- 71753
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
During a takeoff from Montague Island, Alaska, the aircraft collided with snow and willows beyond the departure end of a small strip at mccleod harbor. The pilot reported that just as he started to rotate the aircraft for takeoff, the right gear encountered a soft spot. At that point, he felt it was too late to abort as the aircraft would run into a dry river bed. The plane mushed into the snow and willows beyond the river bed.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28582
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327940120
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Harbor Air Service
- Registered owner
- Harbor Air Service
- Departed
- SWD · Seward, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,060 total · 508 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.