ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366642
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| Date: | Thursday 5 July 1990 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6374J |
| MSN: | 28-4787 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coldfoot, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Fairbanks, AK (FAI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE HEAVILY LOADED AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO TREES ABOUT 40 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A CLOSED DIRT STRIP. GUSTY AND VARIBLE WINDS WERE REPORTED BY WITNESSES. ENGINE TEARDOWN FOUND ALL CYLINDERS CORRODED AND PITTED, RINGS IMPROPERLY ALIGNED, AND VALVES LEAKING.
Probable Cause: THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM WHICH THE AIRPLANE COULD NOT OVERCOME WITH POWER. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE HEAVILY LOADED AIRPLANE AND THE ENGINE NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC90LA112
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 10:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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