ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291908
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 August 2006 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Forty Mile Air Ltd. |
| Registration: | N8597D |
| MSN: | 18-6248 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tok, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tok, AK |
| Tok Airport, AK (PATJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot reported that he was departing a remote mountain ridge on a Title 14, CFR Part 135 cross-country air taxi flight. The takeoff area was about 500 feet long, and about 15 feet wide. The pilot said he departed downhill with a 10 mph quartering tailwind. About 250 feet from the starting point, the pilot said that the crosswind pushed the airplane to the right, and the right wing collided with a tree. The airplane veered to the right, and the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane received structural damage to the right wing.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC06CA115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 September 1994 | N8597D | 40 Mile Air, Ltd. | 0 | Tok, AK | |
sub |
| 7 September 2003 | N8597D | Private | 0 | Eagle, Alaska | |
sub |
| 26 August 2004 | N8597D | 40 Mile Air Ltd. | 0 | Paxson, Alaska | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2022 06:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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