- Date
- July 13, 1983, 17:30 local (Jul 14, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sterling, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2757ZChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830713031549A
- Case key
- 4143
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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 was taking off to the south and collided with trees alongside the runway. The pilot stated that as the acft lifted off he passed a clearing on the right and a crosswind drifted the acft left across the runway into trees. The left wing clipped a tree and the acft was rotated into the trees and brush where it came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2757Z
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2045
- Airframe hours
- 2,045
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Maxallen D. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- Moose River, runway 18, 2,000 × 20 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 87 total · 34 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.