Found Acft Canada FBA 2C1 N798

Summary

On 24 July 2015 at about 21:00 local time, a Found Acft Canada FBA 2C1 registered N798, operated by United States Fish and Wildlife Service, was involved in an accident near Cold Bay, Alaska, United States. 3 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

24 July 2015 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cold Bay, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Cape Sarichef (26AK)

Coordinates

54.4733, -164.8300

Aircraft

Found Acft Canada FBA 2C1

Registration

N798

Category

Airplane

Year built

2002

Engines

1

Operator

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Operating rule

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cold Bay → Cold Bay

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC15LA057

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate distance from surrounding terrain during the takeoff sequence, which resulted in the airplane contacting the terrain, prematurely becoming airborne, and subsequently entering an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot reported that, during a local public flight, he attempted to take off from an unimproved airstrip that included a dogleg right turn. About 100 ft after making the required turn, the pilot realized that he had not corrected enough to the right to get lined up with the straight portion of the takeoff area and that the airplane was drifting left. His failure to maintain adequate distance from surrounding terrain resulted in the airplane contacting a 5-ft-high berm, inadvertently becoming airborne, and entering an aerodynamic stall. The airplane subsequently impacted the tundra in a left-wing-down attitude, bounced, and then came to rest about 180 degrees from the takeoff heading.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.