- Date
- August 28, 1977
- Place
- Lakewood Ctr, WA · LAKEWOOD CTR, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8DEAnderson Kgfshr
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770828031239A
- Case key
- 145841
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2786 77/8/28 LAKEWOOD CTR,WA ANDERSON KGFSHR CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1558 N8DE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 11000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE STEILACOOM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TACOMA,WA RETURN LAKE STEILACOOM,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 2200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WATER TAKEOFF.GUSTS TO 25 KTS.PROLONGED TAKEOFF RUN.UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES AFTER LIFTOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8DE
- Reported as
- Anderson Kgfshr
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Steilacoom
N8DERegistration cancelled Oct 10, 1980 · Edrington-Marihugh ANDERSON KINGFISHERAirframe modelEdrington-Marihugh ANDERSON KINGFISHER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.