- Date
- September 2, 1983, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Aleknagik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98172Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830902046399A
- Case key
- 4166
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Inadequate trainingCause
Lack of experienceCause
Improper use of equipment/aircraftCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
According to the pilot, during takeoff the right wing struck some tall brush. The pilot held no certificates or ratings but said he had about 50 or 60 hours of flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98172
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental C-65-A, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patrick Kohler Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 5A8 · Aleknagik, runway 15, 2,100 × 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
- 30
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 60 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.