- Date
- August 20, 1990, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N52ATArtic S1B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900820038159A
- Case key
- 5434
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain air speed on takeoff.
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 pilot stated that after lift off from the lake and at approximately 20 feet of altitude, the airplane abruptly settled back onto the lake. The pilot lost control of the airplane; the airplane then crashed into the bank. The airplane came to rest 150 feet from the edge of the lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52AT
- Reported as
- Artic S1B2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1003
- Airframe hours
- 1,388
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jenne, Eugene F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1990 · 13 hours before
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,775 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,750 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °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.