- Date
- September 8, 1992, 20:00 local (Sep 9, 1992, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1999PPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920908036559A
- Case key
- 5807
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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Probable cause
The pilot in commands failure to abort the takeoff and his misjudgment of the distance required to perform a safe takeoff under the conditions present.
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 determined that it would be better to depart into the wind and climb over a 15 foot obstacle of trees. He attempted to lift off prematurely and dragged the heal of a float. The pilot said that at this time, he 'should have pulled the power off and rejected the takeoff'. However, he pushed the nose of the airplane down, regained airspeed, and lifted off at the edge of the lake. As the airplane lifted off, the bottom of the floats scraped the edge of the shoreline. At an altitude of about 5 feet, the airplane collided with trees. In a report filed with the NTSB, the pilot stated that he misjudged the distance required for a safe takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1999P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2710
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mike A. Ribich
- Registered owner
- Mike A. Ribich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1992 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- 0Z3 · Shannons 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 450 in this make and model · 407 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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 N1999P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.