ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381623
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| Date: | Friday 24 June 1983 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-11 |
| Owner/operator: | Craig Rooke |
| Registration: | N4523M |
| MSN: | 11-27 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1955 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C90-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kasilof, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF. THE PLT STATED HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET AIRBORNE IN BOTHDIRECTIONS FROM THE STRIP AND WHEN HE FINALLY GOT AIRBORNE HE STRUCK A TREE AND CRASHED. THE PLT STATEMENTS VARIED DURING SEVERAL INTERVIEWS REGARDING THE ENG PERFORMANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ALLUDED TO A DEFECTIVE OR WORN CAMSHAFT. HOWEVER, DURING A SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THE PLT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE INADVERTANTLY LEFT THE CARBURETOR HEAT ON WHILE ATTEMPTING HIS TAKEOFF.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC83LA128
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 February 1985 | N4523M | Craig T Moore | 0 | Soldotna, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 05:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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