- Date
- February 14, 1987, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6970JPiper PA-34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870214003269A
- Case key
- 4823
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The on-demand air taxi flight struck a moose during the takeoff roll at a private rural airstrip. The two pilot crew and one passenger were uninjured. The leading edge of the aircraft's left wing was substantially damaged; but the pilot-in-command elected to fly the aircraft to its original destination 30 NM distance. The flight was completed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6970J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347670307
- Airframe hours
- 4,006
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Troy Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 28, 1986 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BLG · Beluga, runway 18, 5,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,275 total · 952 in this make and model · 10,125 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 18 °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.