ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354269
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| Date: | Monday 22 June 1998 |
| Time: | 13:13 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Office Of Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N745 |
| MSN: | 18-7709 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4048 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cold Bay, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| (KCDB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certificated commercial pilot and a passenger, were departing a remote area of beach in a tail wheel equipped airplane. The U.S. government flight was for the purpose of picking up the passenger who had been engaged in a fishery surveillance. The pilot began the takeoff roll toward the west, paralleling the shoreline. A crosswind from the southwest was blowing from the beach toward the water. During takeoff, the airplane veered to the right. The pilot lost directional control of the airplane, and the airplane dropped off the edge of a 5 foot high sand dune and hit in an area of hard, wet sand. The airplane subsequently ground looped to the right, and sustained substantial damage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. The presence of a crosswind was a factor in the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC98TA083
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 July 1965 | N3893Z | 2 | Pilot Point, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 06:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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