ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296684
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| Date: | Monday 2 September 2002 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9808X |
| MSN: | 185-0008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4550 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SEWARD, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | MONTAGUE ISLAND, AK |
| Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot was departing a remote grass-covered airstrip in a tundra tire-equipped airplane. The airstrip is oriented northeast/southwest, and is about 800 feet long by about 30 feet wide. The pilot said that he taxied to the end of the airstrip to depart toward the southwest. He applied full power and the airplane began to veer to the left. He said he attempted to correct the left turn by application of the right brake, but the airplane slid on the wet grass surface of the runway. The left wing struck the top of a small tree along the left side of the airstrip. The pilot indicated the airplane continued in a left arc, off the left side of the runway, and collided with a large tree. The airplane received damage to the left wing, fuselage, engine motor mounts, and propeller.
Probable Cause: A loss of directional control of the airplane due to the failure of the pilot to correct for torque/P Factor during the takeoff roll. A factor in the accident was a wet grass surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC02LA126
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 09:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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