ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386158
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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 2001 |
| Time: | 18:30 LT |
| Type: | Taylorcraft 19 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N22N |
| MSN: | 4-13022 |
| Engine model: | Continental C-85 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salcha, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Salcha, AK |
| North Pole, AK (95Z) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private certificated pilot was departing a private airstrip in a wheel-equipped airplane. The snow-covered airstrip, oriented north/south, was 2,000 feet long, and 20 feet wide. The pilot said he began his takeoff roll toward the south, but the airplane had not become airborne by the time the airplane had traveled about two thirds of the airstrip's length. The pilot said he aborted the takeoff, but he could not stop the airplane before it went off the end of the airstrip into deep snow. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the vertical stabilizer, the rudder, the left wing lift strut, and the right wingtip. After the accident, the pilot said he noticed a 5 to 7 mph tailwind from the northeast.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a tailwind during takeoff, and his delay in aborting the takeoff. Factors in the accident were a tailwind, and snow-covered terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC01LA040
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2024 11:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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