- Date
- April 19, 1983, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N38565Piper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830419033399I
- Case key
- 4087
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
After 3 attempts to takeoff from a muddy airstrip and failing, the pilot off-loaded one passenger and some baggage. On the fourth takeoff attempt the aircraft got airborne but settled back to a snow covered frozen river. The snow slowed the aircraft and the pilot reduced power while trying to make a small right turn to avoid trees and the left main gear collapsed.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38565
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7737098
- Airframe hours
- 1,619
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIC6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Hub Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 10, 1983 · 47 hours before
- Destination
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 23AK · Lime Village, runway 9, 1,500 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,222 total · 18 in this make and model · 974 as pilot in command · 239 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.