Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Juneau International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Thursday, August 31, 2000 5:05 AKD
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot/owner of an airplane was departing an airport in the early morning hours. The airport has one runway with a 08/026 degree orientation. The airport tower was closed, but traffic advisories were provided by a flight service station (FSS). FSS personnel cannot see the runway. The pilot contacted the FSS by radio and advised he was departing runway 10. The FSS specialist replied that there was no runway 10, and then provided an airport advisory. Airport field maintenance personnel monitored the radio conversations between the FSS and the pilot, and observed the airplane depart on runway 08. The airplane appeared to climb to about 400 feet above the ground in a nose high attitude. The airplane then began to roll to the left and right, and then descended sharply to the left, toward the left (north) side of the runway. The airplane pulled up slightly while still turning to the left. It collided with the top 4 feet of a 30 feet high spruce tree, next to a creek between taxiway A, and a service road located along the north side of the taxiway. The airplane then collided with the south side of a hangar about 20 feet above the ground, and fell onto the hangar apron. The pilot's private pilot certificate was revoked on March 29, 1991. The pilot's medical certificate was expired. The airplane had a current annual inspection, but the airplane had not been flown in about three years. During the accident investigation, no preimpact mechanical malfunction of the airplane was observed. A postmortem toxicological examination of the pilot's blood, conducted by state medical examiner, revealed the presence of 0.044 gm/dl of ethanol in blood. A toxicological examination of fluid and tissue samples, harvested by the medical examiner, were examined at the FAA's Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI), was negative for ethanol or drugs in the urine. Additional testing of samples retained by CAMI were also negative for ethanol.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's inadvertent stall/mush. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of certification.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/31/2000 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 505 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | JUNEAU |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99801 |
| Event Date Year | 2000 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | PAJN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 19 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 453 Atlantic Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PAJ |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 19 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | ADT |
| Lighting Conditions | Dawn |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 300 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 5 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 7 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 7 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1069 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 31 2000 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 512 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 10 2001 3:44PM |
| User who most recently changed record | MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4411L |
| NTSB Number | ANC00FA110 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 172G |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 172G |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17254496 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 22 2000 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 1 |
| Airframe Hours | 1907 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ANTON T. BOWERS |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 1445 |
| Aircraft Owner City | SITKA |
| Aircraft Owner State | AK |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 99835 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | PAJN |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 505 |
| Departure Time Zone | ADT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | UNKNOWN |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 3 2001 4:08AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 8 |
| Runway Length | 8456 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |