- Date
- June 28, 1986, 15:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Tolsona Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6910KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860628028339A
- Case key
- 4688
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 - in flight
In-flight planning/decision - inaccurateCause
Wind information - not understoodFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airspeed - not maintainedFactor
Stall - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The private pilot attempted to turn downwind when he encountered downdraft conditions during a floatplane takeoff. The airplane stalled and crashed into the lake he departed from.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6910K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-5
- Airframe hours
- 2,270
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-AB, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary Kent Watson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- AK58 · Tolsona Lake, AK
- Destination
- Long Lake, AK
- Airport
- AK58 · Tolsona 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 167 in this make and model · 123 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °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.