- Date
- December 21, 1982, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Near Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4269NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821221070009A
- Case key
- 71910
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
Immediately after taking off from a frozen lake, the pilot turned left to parallel a fog bank over the knik river. He stated that while climbing, the engine did not quit, but the propeller lost thrust, and he lost control of the aircraft. He stated that he had roll control, some rudder control, but hardly any elevator control. Reportedly, the aircraft impacted in a 15 deg nose low attitude while indicating 60 mph. All of the flight controls functioned normally when checked after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4269N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13740
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce W. Edwards
- Registered owner
- Bruce W. Edwards
- Departed
- Near Palmer, AK
- Destination
- C · Wasilla, AK
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 40 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 32 °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.