Piper PA-18-150 N57778

Summary

On 6 August 2006 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N57778 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

6 August 2006 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Tyonek, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.0000, -151.4344

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N57778

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tyonek → Anchorage

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06CA108

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain a minimum airspeed to avoid a stall, which resulted in a loss of control and a collision with terrain during takeoff initial climb. A factor associated with the accident was an inadvertent stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was departing from a remote lake in a float-equipped airplane. The pilot said that just after takeoff, the airplane's left wing stalled, and the airplane struck the water and shoreline, sustaining substantial damage to both wings. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.