- Date
- September 8, 1985, 22:00 local (Sep 9, 1985, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rainey Pass, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N27696Taylorcraft BL-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850908043889A
- Case key
- 4561
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 plt was taking off on a strip of tundra about 1000 ft long in calm wind conditions. During the takeoff roll, he lost directional control & the acft ground looped & was damaged. No mechanical problems were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27696
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2338
- Airframe hours
- 5,469
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Tundra Strip, runway 18, 1,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 150 in this make and model · 5,400 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 19 °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.