- Date
- April 14, 1984, 12:38 local (16:38 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7070KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840414013449A
- Case key
- 4198
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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 veered during takeoff roll and left the right side of the rwy after about 200 ft of roll. The left main landinggear collapsed and separated from the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7070K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-179
- Airframe hours
- 2,266
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David E. Vick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1984 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 15, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 82 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 30 °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.
Other investigations on N7070K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.