- Date
- June 9, 1986, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Neal Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1450HAeronca 15 AC Sedan
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860609022879A
- Case key
- 4671
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
According to the pilot-in-command, while step taxiing for takeoff the airplane became airborne inadvertently with insufficient room to takeoff or turn. The pilot-in--command stated he closed the throttle and the airplane touched down on the lake. He was unable to stop the airplane before striking the shoreline, where the airplane came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1450H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15 AC Sedan (15 AC SEDA)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15AC-519
- Airframe hours
- 1,919
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Lindemuth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Neal Lake, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Lake Hood, AK
- Airport
- Neal Lake
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,800 total · 55 in this make and model · 4,600 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °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.