ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353820
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Date: | Wednesday 9 September 1998 |
Time: | 08:50 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-11 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N30961 |
MSN: | 11-1377 |
Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3761 hours |
Engine model: | Continental 12F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Willow, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The seaplane struck a point of land during step taxi for takeoff. The pilot told the NTSB investigator-in-charge that he was taking off into the sun, and was partially blinded. He said he misjudged his location in the lake, and did not see the point of land in his takeoff path.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area from the lake. Factors were the obstruction (point of land) hidden in the glare from the rising sun.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC98LA144 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC98LA144
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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