- Date
- October 10, 1981
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24623Piper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811010066349A
- Case key
- 123701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1864 81/10/10 ANCHORAGE,AK PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N24623 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 955 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 401 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- STUDENT INSTRD TO STEER W RUDDER,FLW IP ON OTR CTLS,1ST FLT.IP UN REALIGN AFTER SWERVE.HIT VASI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24623
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill
N24623Registration cancelled Jan 30, 2006 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.