- Date
- September 22, 1984, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cairn Mountain, AK
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8028KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840922056959A
- Case key
- 4380
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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 during a takeoff from a remote airstrip. The plt stated that he walked the strip prior to starting the takeoff. He said that immediately after liftoff the acft began to drift left. Before he was able to make a correction the tail of the acft struck some tundra and the acft decelerated as it descended below the ridgeline into small trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8028K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1083028
- Airframe hours
- 638
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold Ray Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- Cairn Mountain, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 112 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.