- Date
- August 4, 1986, 19:30 local (Aug 5, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50TANavion D-16
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860804037309A
- Case key
- 4709
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 left fuel valve was in the off position at the time of the takeoff. The pilot attempted to lift-off below the recommended VMC speed. The pilot lost control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to exit the left side of the runway into a lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50TA
- Reported as
- Navion D-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TTN16
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold L. Lucas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986
- Destination
- WTK · Noatak, AK
- Airport
- OTZ · Kotzebue
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,003 total · 50 in this make and model · 6,664 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.