- Date
- November 25, 1984, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4083EPiper PA-185-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841125065229A
- Case key
- 4452
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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 wheel equipped acft broke through the ice during a takeoff from a frozen lake. The increased drag slowed the acft and the plt was able to clear some trees but after bouncing along for 300-400 ft the acft hit a tree and ground looped. The acft wreckage was removed before the investigation started.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4083E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-185-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809056
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Knox N. Christie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1984 · 122 hours before
- Departed
- Kodiak, AK
- Destination
- ADQ · Kodiak, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 900 in this make and model · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.