- Date
- June 15, 1987, 21:30 local (Jun 16, 1987, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Theodore River, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2447PPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4775
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Analysis
The private pilot elected to abort the takeoff attempt from an abandoned roadway too late to stop in time to avoid going into brush and small trees. He said he decided against the takeoff at about the mid-point in the 4000 foot gravel section of the road. The brakes caused the wheels to slide and he was not able to stop in the remaining one-quarter mile.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2447P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2818
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Glee Duncan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Theodore River, AK
- Destination
- 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 150 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N2447P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.