ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308640
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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 2022 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N171Q |
| MSN: | 28197 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5121 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McCarthy, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | McCarthy, AK |
| McCarthy, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the off-field takeoff from sloping tundra, on top of a mesa, was uneventful. The left wing stalled in turbulent air, as the airplane was building airspeed to climb, and then the left wing struck the ground. The airplane cartwheeled onto the nose and came to rest about 200 yards downslope from the top of the mesa. The left wing, empennage, and fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff in turbulent weather conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN22LA380
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1998 | N171Q | Private | 0 | Angoon, AK | |
sub |
| 24 July 2018 | N171Q | Private | 0 | Meadow Lakes, AK | |
sub |
| Fuel starvation | ||||||
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