- Date
- June 11, 1983, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Noatak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N731CNCessna C-188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830611025079A
- Case key
- 4029
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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 acft collided with the runway at the mid-point in a 30 degree nose low attitude during takeoff. According to the pilot the takeoff was started at the north end of the 5000 foot runway and after 500 feet the acft lifted off normally. The pilot then relaxed the back pressure on the elevator to accelerate to best climb speed. The pilot further stated that at the mid-point of the runway the acft began to pitch down gently so he applied some nose up trim but the acft continued to pitch down and the pilot noticed that the control stick would not move any farther aft than the neutral position. The acft continued to pitch down until it impacted the runway. An inspection of the acft revealed an unusual amount of tools & plywood in the tail section. No items were found lodged so as to interfer with the flt controls. All the flt controls had continuity but the elevator cables had an unusual amount of slack but not enough to make the acft uncontrollable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731CN
- Reported as
- Cessna C-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802792T
- Airframe hours
- 1,464
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northwestern Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Red Dog, runway 21, 5,000 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 19,033 total · 5 in this make and model · 19,033 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.