- Date
- May 3, 1985, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4246TPiper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850503017119A
- Case key
- 4489
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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 pilot reported that during the takeoff roll the aircraft could not obtain airspeed and the aircraft lost directional control striking a snow bank at the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4246T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327240043
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Delaire Charter Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1984 · 98 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Z59 · Bethel Seaplane, runway 9, 3,000 × 150 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 633 total · 4 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 265 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N4246T · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.