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NTSB investigation record

ANC98LA113

Completed

Aeronca 15Ac· N1083H

Date
July 31, 1998
Location
Kodiak, AK
Conditions
VMC
Record
Completed

Primary finding

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and compensation for wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident are wind gusts, a sudden windshift to a tailwind, the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff, and an inadvertent stall/mush.

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