- Date
- September 1, 1982, 21:00 local (Sep 2, 1982, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6195DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820901044019A
- Case key
- 69772
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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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.
Analysis
The pilot departed in an easterly direction from an unimproved strip 700 feet in length. He stated that the aircraft waslifted off the ground at an airspeed of 35 to 40 knots and would not climb. He also stated that a 5 to 7 knot wind down the runway caused a burbling over the hill that he was attempting to takeoff from and the wind changed to a tailwind causing a downdraft during the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6195D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5491
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James C. Foster
- Registered owner
- James C. Foster
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Unimproved Airstrip, runway 9, 700 × 0 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 35 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6195D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.