Grumman G-44A N1423

Summary

On 31 July 1983 at about 00:00 local time, a Grumman G-44A registered N1423 was involved in an accident near Big Lake, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 July 1983 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Big Lake, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.1606, -149.9907

Aircraft

Grumman G-44A

Registration

N1423

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83FA137

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED IN A LEVEL, WOODED AREA. THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH TREES OCCURRED APRX 40 FT AGL. BOTH WING TIPS & A PORTION OF THE LEFT STABILIZER & ELEVATOR WERE FOUND AT THE BASES OF THE TREES THAT WERE FIRST IMPACTED. FROM THE FIRST IMPACT POINT, THE WRECKAGE WAS DISENTEGRATED & SCATTERED OVER AN AREA THAT WAS 30 FT WIDE & 140 FT LONG. NO KNOWN EYE WITNESSES WERE REPORTED. HOWEVER, A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED BEING FLOWN IN ABRUPT MANEUVERS & BUZZING BOATS. A TOXICOLOGICAL EXAM OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.241%. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE WAS MADE, BUT NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURES WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.