- Date
- June 24, 1984, 13:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62ATInterstate S-1B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840624026289A
- Case key
- 4310
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he began taking off on rwy 31 with an 8 kt x-wind, but after he started rolling, he noticed the wind had changed to 'downwind.' The plane 'seemed to pull hard to the left' & he could not maintan rwy alignment. As the acft apchd the left side of the rwy, he thought he had sufficient speed to fly. The acft departed the rwy & landed in a swamp, about 75 ft off the rwy. The plt noted that he should have aborted the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62AT
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1B2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1013
- Airframe hours
- 318
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James K. Spearin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1984 · 42 hours before
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood Strip, runway 31, 2,200 × 80 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 35 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 5 °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 N62AT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.