- Date
- July 18, 1988, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Illiamna, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7958HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880718031399A
- Case key
- 5035
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on the beach, the aircraft struck a large rock and the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7958H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12860
- Airframe hours
- 3,444
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig C. Coggins
- Registered owner
- Craig C. Coggins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1987 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 70 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.