- Date
- April 25, 1982, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N170DMCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820425010919A
- Case key
- 69945
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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
During a local flight, the pilot elected to land at the Big Lake airport. Before landing, he noted that weather was moving in from the northwest. Also, he noted that the wind sock was limp, but favored a landing to the west. He landed, and before taking off again, he noted he wind sock had not moved. During the takeoff roll, he encountered a wing drop and veer to the right, but corrected the situation and continued. Reportedly, he lifted off at about 60 mph and lowered the nose to accelerate when the right wing dropped abruptly and the plane veered sharply to the right. He stated that he had extreme difficulty correcting, but finally brought the aircraft straight. However, the airspeed remained at about 60 knots and the plane would not climb out of ground effect. He aborted and the plane andthe plane continued off the end of the runway, crossed a road, and hit a ditch. The pilot stated that the wind shifted to a quartering tailwind. The passenger a small child, was secured on the pilot's lap with the same belt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170DM
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20055
- Airframe hours
- 2,142
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nathan Asher
- Registered owner
- Nathan Asher
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Big Lake, runway 24, 2,800 × 70 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
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 12 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 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.