- Date
- November 21, 1984, 16:39 local (20:39 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83645Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841121064409A
- Case key
- 4389
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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 the takeoff roll by running off the departure end of the rwy, gliding over a hwy & impacting trees. According to the plt, 'on takeoff, we accelerated to 90-95 KTS, but the acft did not respond to back pressure for lift off. We proceeded off the end of the rwy and over a road. The a/c came to rest in trees on the other side. Braking to stop prior to reaching end of rwy was not possible due to ice on rwy.' Examination of the acft did not reveal any acft control malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83645
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R8131113
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Gemini
- Registered owner
- Chuck Mintken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- SWD · Seward, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 15, 2,469 × 60 ft, ice
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 535 total · 55 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.