- Date
- December 22, 1989, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8569DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891222057249A
- Case key
- 5335
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Probable cause
Failure of the non-certificated Pilot to remove ice/frost from the wing(s) prior to flight. His lack of training and qualification were probable contributing factors.
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 non-certificated Pilot reported he attempted to take off with light rime ice on the airplane's right wing. He indicated that while taking off with a light crosswind component, the aircraft had insufficient airspeed to compensate for loss of lift on the right wing. Shortly after lift-off, the right wing stalled & hit the runway. FAA records showed that the Pilot's student Pilot certificate had expired in 1981.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8569D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6223
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlson, Jens P.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- PIP · Pilot Point, runway 7, 3,500 × 90 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
- 29
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8569D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.