Piper PA-18-150 N4151T

Summary

On 19 August 2008 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4151T was involved in an accident near Slana, 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

19 August 2008 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Slana, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.5333, -143.2333

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4151T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Public Use

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Slana → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC08TA107

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was taking off from an unimproved area on a local public use flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. Due to restricted visibility from the cockpit associated with over-sized main landing gear tires, and obstacles on the left side of the takeoff area, the pilot said he was favoring the right side. He reported that during takeoff, the airplane's right wing encountered low willow bushes, pulling the airplane to the right, and that as he aborted the takeoff, the right wing, and then the left wing, struck trees. He said the airplane sustained damage to the left wing and left lift-strut. There were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.