- Date
- July 17, 1985, 20:00 local (Jul 18, 1985, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alexander Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3445ZPiper PA-22/20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850717032219A
- Case key
- 4421
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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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt lost directional control of the acft during takeoff and the acft rolled into rough terrain along side of the rwy where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3445Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22/20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7364
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B3B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Henry Lederhause
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1984 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- 7AK1 · Alexander Lake, AK
- Destination
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Airport
- 7AK1 · Alexander Lake, runway 28, 1,600 × 30 ft, dirt
N3445ZRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 685 total · 650 in this make and model · 646 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.