- Date
- October 10, 1982, 22:30 local (Oct 11, 1982, 06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nulato, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N714SQCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821010066969A
- Case key
- 72059
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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 struck trees 600 ft from the departure end of the rwy at a high rate of speed after taking off from the unlighted rwy at night. The plt's blood alcohol level was 31 mg% & the urine alcohol level 90 mg%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714SQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079401
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman S. Sommer
- Registered owner
- Norman S. Sommer
- Departed
- NUL · Nulato, AK
- Destination
- Galena, AK
- Airport
- NUL · Nulato, runway 2, 3,000 × 60 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N714SQ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.