ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295710
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| Date: | Friday 13 June 2003 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: | Stinson L-13 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N4062H |
| MSN: | 47-2903 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 756 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming R680E3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chickaloon, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chickaloon, AK |
| Chickaloon, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot waited on a gravel airstrip for a thunderstorm and associated rain to pass before attempting to takeoff. In a telephone interview the day after the accident, the pilot said that during the takeoff roll, the winds were calm, but during the initial climb, the airplane encountered a downdraft and descended, touching down on a sandbar in a river adjacent to the airstrip. The airplane started to climb again, but was forced down by another downdraft. The airplane touched down on another sandbar, and after a third attempt to climb, was forced down into the river, where it nosed over. In a subsequent written statement, the pilot wrote "in retrospect, it appears there was a mysterious loss of power." He further noted in his written statement "that two witnesses stated there was little or no wind, and that the airplane sounded like a normally powered takeoff, but the sound quickly dwindled, as if the throttle was pulled back to abort the takeoff."
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power during the takeoff initial climb for an undetermined reason, which resulted in an in-flight collision with water.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC03LA060
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 11:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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