ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368572
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| Date: | Sunday 18 June 1989 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Beck, Ronald E. |
| Registration: | N5087Y |
| MSN: | 18-7894 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rainbow Lake, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FISHING TRIP AND HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM A SAND BAR NEAR THEIR FISHING SITE. SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE PILOT SAID THAT THE 'WIND STALLED THE RIGHT WING'. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER PRIOR TO CRASHING INTO A LAKE.
Probable Cause: PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AN AIRSPEED (ANGLE OF ATTACK) THAT WOULD PRECLUDE A STALL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC89LA096
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 December 1983 | N5087Y | Private | 0 | Delta Junction, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2024 19:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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