- Date
- June 30, 1987, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wood River, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N176MSGrumman G-44
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870630027119A
- Case key
- 4862
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
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
According to the pilot he was taking off and after initial climbout, approximately 50 feet above the water, the airplane stopped climbing. The engine sounded normal but the aircraft would not accelerate. The pilot stated that he stalled the aircraft on climbout.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N176MS
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1324
- Airframe hours
- 220
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-B1D, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neil G. Bergt
- Registered owner
- Neil G. Bergt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Lake Nerka, AK
- Destination
- Togiak, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,111 total · 13,111 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.