- Date
- July 11, 1987, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1304HAeronca 15AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870711034149A
- Case key
- 4869
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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 student pilot stated that the aircraft lost partial power during the take off run due to water being ingested into the engine air filter as he made his water takeoff. He elected to continue with the takeoff attempt and struck the shoreline prior to becoming airborne. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but neither the pilot nor his passenger were injured. He said that he last took formalized flight instruction in 1965.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1304H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15AC330
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AIA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry Shade
- Registered owner
- Henry E Shade
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 023 · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- 023 · Shannon'S Pond
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,341 total · 1,071 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.