ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362129
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1993 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6332D |
| MSN: | 17272720 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kasigluk, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (Z09) |
| Bethel, AK (BET) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING ONLY THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF BECAUSE IT '...WAS IN A LITTLE BETTER CONDITION' THAN THE RIGHT HALF OF THE RUNWAY WHICH WAS VERY WET AND SOFT FROM THE MELTING WINTER SNOW. DUE TO WET SPOTS ON THE LEFT SIDE, SOME OF THE LEFT EDGE CONE MARKERS HAD BEEN MOVED IN TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY, MAKING THE TAKEOFF AREA EVEN NARROWER. DURING LIFTOFF THE AIRPLANE WEATHERVANED DUE TO A CROSSWIND, AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER & ELEVATOR COLLIDED WITH ONE OF THE 3-FT HIGH RUNWAY EDGE RUBBER CONE MARKERS. THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN REOPENED 4/27 AFTER HAVING BEEN CLOSED FOR 10 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE MELTING SNOW.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT IN ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF FROM A NARROW, WET, SOFT GRAVEL RUNWAY WITH A CROSSWIND. THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS AND THE CROSSWIND WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93LA059
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 November 1994 | N6322D | Ryan Air Service Inc. | 0 | Bethel, AK | |
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| 20 June 2014 | N6332D | Bethel Leasing LLC | 0 | 12 miles south of Chevak Airport (PAVA), Chevak, Alaska | |
unk |
| 19 March 2022 | N6332D | Blue River Aviation LLC | 0 | Talkeetna, Alaska | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 18:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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