- Date
- July 7, 1991, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sequim, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5FAAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910707026369A
- Case key
- 41473
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was a hidden obstruction.
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
During takeoff the aircraft drifted off of the runway and encountered a ditch that was hidden in the grass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5FA
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 365
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Louis F. Peifer, doing business as Formidable Aviators Assn
- Registered owner
- Louis F. Peifer
- Destination
- CLM · Port Angeles, WA
- Airport
- Rakes Glen, runway 26, 2,000 × 30 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 26 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °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.