- Date
- July 28, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shanin Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9900HGrumman G-44A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840728035979A
- Case key
- 4330
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
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Judgment - poorFactor
Weather condition - windshearFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - attemptedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt reported that shortly after takeoff the acft encountered severe wind shear. The plt lost directional control of the acft & it collided with a mud bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9900H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1328
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James L. Dodson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1984 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- Wild Lake, AK
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 145 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 40 knots, gusting 45
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 28 °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.