- Date
- November 26, 1982, 10:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Gustavus, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6104JPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821126060389A
- Case key
- 70932
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Analysis
The pilot reported that slush accumulation on the runway prevented the aircraft from reaching takeoff speed. He aborted the takeoff and with braking action "nil" slid off the end of the runway. Gustavus airport is owned and operated by the state of Alaska and has no winter maintenance.
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
- N6104J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7680303
- Airframe hours
- 4,314
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Layton A . Bennett
- Registered owner
- Layton A . Bennett
- Departed
- GST · Gustavus, AK
- Destination
- C · Juneau Jnu, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GST · Gustavus, runway 1, 5,400 × 340 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,693 total · 124 in this make and model · 1,525 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 95 °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.