- Date
- January 24, 1983, 07:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place
- Kasilof, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4417XPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830124001439A
- Case key
- 4016
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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 plt reported that as the acft begun to climb after takeoff, the engine lost power momentarily & the RPM dropped from 2650 to 2500. He started to abort the takeoff, and commented to the passengers, 'we're going to have to put her down.' At about the time the arpt touched down, the engine developed full power. With marginal stopping distance remaining on the snow covered rwy, the pilot elected to continue the takeoff. At about the same time, the passenger in the right front seat braced himself for a crash & inadvertently stepped on the right rudder pedal. Subsequently, the acft departed right side of the rwy & hit a dirt berm, 8 ft in height. No significant engine malfunctions were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4417X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7640020
- Airframe hours
- 3,134
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIAS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bank Of America
- Registered owner
- Douglas H. Askerman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 30, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Lawlers, runway 33, 2,700 × 50 ft, snow
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 4 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.