Piper PA-18-150 N82907

Summary

On 17 September 2011 at about 03:45 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N82907 was involved in an accident near Bethel, 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

17 September 2011 at 03:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Bethel, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Bethel - H Marker Lake (PABE)

Coordinates

60.7928, -161.8214

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N82907

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bethel → Bethel

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11CA105

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during takeoff in his float-equipped airplane, he realized that the airplane was not going to become airborne before reaching the departure end of the lake. He closed the engine throttle in an attempt to abort the takeoff, but the airplane struck the shoreline and came to rest on the tundra adjacent to the lake, sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. He indicated that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane and that the accident could have been prevented if he had aborted the takeoff sooner.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.