- Date
- September 9, 1982, 17:20 local (Sep 10, 1982, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3884WPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820909048669A
- Case key
- 71820
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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
At the point of rotation the acft struck a large puddle of water causing a reduction in speed. The acft continued down the rwy approximately another 150 ft at 5 ft AGL when it became evident that further flight was impossible. The takeoff was aborted & the acft ran off the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3884W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-830
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Colvin
- Registered owner
- David E. Gardner
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- 5NK · Naknek, runway 32, 1,700 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANK, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.