Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ANC86FA114

WASILLA, AK, USA

Aircraft #1

N51AA

INTERSTATE S-1B2

Analysis

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.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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