- Date
- September 11, 1982, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63837Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820911045339A
- Case key
- 72973
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 landed on anderson lake to obtain fuel. After refueling, he aborted his first attempt to takeoff when the aircraft was slow to accelerate. About 20 gal of fuel was then drained from the aircraft. Another takeoff was started by making a step turn to the departure heading. The pilot stated that he lifted off at 45 mph with 1/2 flaps. He stated that it appeared the engine was not developing full power and that he possibly encountered a wind shear condition. After reaching about 100 ft AGL, the plane would not climb. Subsequently, the plane collided with transmission lines along a road that divided anderson lake and king lake. The aircraft then crashed into king lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63837
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809149
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven D. Lewis
- Registered owner
- Steven D. Lewis
- Departed
- Z16 · Anderson Lake, AK
- Destination
- LHD · Lake Hood, AK
- Airport
- Kings Lake
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 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.
Other investigations on N63837 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.