Piper J3 N5050R

Summary

On 23 September 2007 at about 03:00 local time, a Piper J3 registered N5050R, operated by Donald J. Pohland, was involved in an accident near Tyonek, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 September 2007 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tyonek, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.0556, -151.2253

Aircraft

Piper J3

Registration

N5050R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Donald J. Pohland

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tyonek → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC07CA107

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, which resulted in an encounter with soft terrain and a loss of control during the takeoff roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was departing toward the east from a remote airstrip on a Title 14, CFR Part 91, local area flight. The airstrip was about 600 feet long and about 15 feet wide. During the takeoff roll, the pilot reported that the airplane's left main landing gear tire encountered soft conditions along the left edge of the airstrip. The airplane pulled to the left and departed the left edge of the airstrip, collided with high brush, and overturned. The airplane received structural damage to the left wing spar and the right wing lift strut.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.