ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302253
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| Date: | Thursday 28 July 2022 |
| Time: | 12:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | State Of Alaska |
| Registration: | N82735 |
| MSN: | 18-7709183 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8158 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McCarthy, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | McCarthy , AK |
| May Creek Airport, AK (MYK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, while departing a remote rough and soft unimproved airstrip, the airplane's tail rose off the ground just before the abort point and the airplane lifted off and entered into ground effect. Due to the high density altitude, the airplane was unable to gain sufficient airspeed to clear vegetation at the end of the airstrip. The pilot aborted the take off and the airplane came to rest in vegetation off the end of the airstrip. The right elevator was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper decision to takeoff from an unimproved airstrip with a high density altitude which degraded its climb performance and led to a collision with vegetation off the end of the airstrip.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR22LA288
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1995 | N82735 | Private | 0 | Copper Center 2, AK | |
sub |
| 16 May 2002 | N82735 | State Of Alaska, Dept. Of Public Safety | 0 | HOLY CROSS, Alaska | |
sub |
| 31 January 2015 | N82735 | State Of Alaska / Alaska State Troopers | 0 | Mat-Su Valley, east of South Hollywood Airport (67AK), Wasilla, AK | |
sub |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
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