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| Date: | Saturday 30 July 1983 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-44A Widgeon |
| Owner/operator: | Red Dodge |
| Registration: | N1423 |
| MSN: | 1423 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1200 hours |
| Engine model: | RANGER 6-440C-5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Big Lake, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Big Lake, AK |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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. CAUSE:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X43563
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jan-2011 13:54 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
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