- Date
- June 23, 1991, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kakeen, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5739CCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5564
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the aborted takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the soft, rough, and uneven terrain.
Analysis
During the aborted takeoff, the pilot lost directional control of the airplane because the left main tire dug into the soft sand. The airplane then nosed over on its back.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5739C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19693
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2H, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Kirk
- Registered owner
- William Kirk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1990 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- SNK · Naknek, AK
- Airport
- NONE · Kakeen, runway 6, 1,200 × 40 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 50 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg