Accident Interstate S-1B2 N51AA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40761
 
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Date:Sunday 27 July 1986
Time:13:28
Type:Interstate S-1B2
Owner/operator:private
Registration: N51AA
MSN: 1002
Total airframe hrs:686 hours
Engine model:LYCOMING O-320-A2B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Wasilla, AK -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:(Z16)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
WITNESSES RPRTD THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM THE WASILLA LAKE SEAPLANE BASE, THE ACFT ENTERED A STEEP CLIMBING TURN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT ENTERED A STEEP DSCNT & CRASH INTO THE WATER. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE ACFT ENTERED A STALL/SPIN PRIOR TO CRASHING. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. BOTH OCCUPANTS SUFFERED MULTIPLE IMPACT INJURIES, BUT ACCORDING TO A POST-ACCIDENT MEDICAL EXAM, BOTH OCCUPANTS DIED FROM DROWNING. CAUSE:

Sources:

NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X34039

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Oct-2008 10:30 ASN archive Added
21-Dec-2016 19:23 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]

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