ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365803
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Date: | Saturday 5 January 1991 |
Time: | 17:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172G |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4468L |
MSN: | 172-54563 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2000 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wasilla, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Anchorage, AK (MRI) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PRIVATE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF WITH FROST ON THE UPPER SURFACES. WHEN HE REALIZED THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT GOING TO FLY BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND STEERED IT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A SNOWBERM. HE SAID HE THOUGHT THE RUNWAY WAS ABOUT 2,000 FEET LONG. FAA RECORDS SHOW IT TO BE 1,250 FEET LONG.
Probable Cause: PILOT'S NOT REMOVING THE FROST FROM THE AIRPLANE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S DELAYED ABORT, AND THE BERM.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC91FA019 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91FA019
Revision history:
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