- Date
- June 12, 1986, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Theodore River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5837DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860612029549A
- Case key
- 4675
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to strike a row of trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5837D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 224516
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Newton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,466 total · 110 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 39 °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 N5837D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.