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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 1999 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 8GCBC |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N53910 |
| MSN: | 192-76 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1624 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Private airstrip, approx 10 miles SSE of Wasilla, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot was departing his private airstrip toward the north. The airstrip, oriented north/south, is about 1,200 feet long, and 125 feet wide. The airstrip surface was packed snow. The pilot said the wings of the airplane were coated with frost. He began a takeoff run, but the airplane did not lift off the ground. He then aborted the takeoff. The airplane went off the end of the airstrip and into a ditch. The airplane received damage to the landing gear, cowling, propeller, and the right wing lift strut.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to remove frost from the wing surface of the airplane. A factor in the accident was the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff run.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC00LA019
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 2019 | N53910 | Private | 0 | Palmer, AK | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2013 16:03 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 14-Dec-2017 09:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2024 16:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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