- Date
- September 12, 1984, 18:30 local (Sep 13, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kasaan Penninsu, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N86922Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840912071679A
- Case key
- 40010
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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
Plt attempted takeoff from glassy water with a deer tied to the left float. The right float would not come up on the step to attain lift off. The pilot's decision to abort was too late to avoid a collision with rocks at the end of the lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86922
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-74
- Airframe hours
- 1,115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Bass
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 12, 1984 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- Kasaan Peninsul, AK
- Destination
- KTN · Ketchikan, AK
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 sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 374 total · 172 in this make and model · 328 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °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 N86922 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.