- Date
- February 12, 1983, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7GCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830212003719A
- Case key
- 4068
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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 aircraft collided with some hidden obstructions during an aborted takeoff. Th pilot realized his heavily loaded aircraft was not accelerating fast enough and aborted the takeoff. After turning left to avoid some metal drums, the aircraft collided with a boat dock concealed by snow. The takeoff was being made on a snow-covered frozen lake using skis. After the collision, the aircraft rotated 180 degrees and slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7G
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14375
- Airframe hours
- 333
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Whitman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1983 · 10 hours before
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 59 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
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 N7G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.