- Date
- September 30, 1984, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tikchik Lodge, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N411XPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840930056889A
- Case key
- 4384
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt attempted a takeoff from a 500 ft sand bar and during the takeoff roll the main landing gear struck soft spots. Realizing the acft was not going to become airborne he closed the throttle attempting to stop in the remaining distance. The acft left the end of the sand bar, rolled into three ft of water and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N411X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187851
- Airframe hours
- 4,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Wilber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Sandbar
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 10 °F
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 N411X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.