- Date
- September 16, 1982, 16:24 local (Sep 17, 1982, 00:24 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3829MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820916049439A
- Case key
- 69773
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Aircraft weight and balance - improperCause
Airspeed - not attained
Stall/spin - uncontrolled
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft was observed to lift off at the end of the lake, turn downwind & stall, the acft was over max takeoff gross weight & the rear CG was beyond the aft limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3829M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,992
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary Ben
- Registered owner
- Gary Ben
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Shirley Lake, AK
- Airport
- Lake Hood, runway 18, 1,000 × 0 ft, water
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 614 total · 147 in this make and model · 423 as pilot in command · 192 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 127 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.