- Date
- June 10, 1986, 19:30 local (Jun 11, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Petersburg, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8WSmith Miniplane 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860610025289A
- Case key
- 40420
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Analysis
After derarting the arpt and flying about 75 ft AGL, the plt added power and attempted to climb. There was a power hesitation and the acft did not clear trees in it's path. The acft struck trees and descended to ground impact. The plt stated that he thought that there had been water in the fuel and the acft had been stored without the fuel tanks being topped off.
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
- N8W
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane 1 (MINIPLANE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Lycoming UNK, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark Weaver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- PSG · Petersburg, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 49 in this make and model · 503 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.