- Date
- September 15, 1983, 19:00 local (Sep 16, 1983, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aniak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1363APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830915054459A
- Case key
- 4181
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
The acft crashed from about 5 ft AGL after the control stick came out of its mounting during takeoff. The owner of the acft stated that the retaining pin at the base of the control stick came out, which resulted in the stick dislodging from its mount. The pin was found after the accident. The plt did not file an accident report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1363A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kelly L. Vrem
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- ANI · Aniak
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 72 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.