PETERSBURG, AK, USA
N8W
SMITH MINIPLANE 1
AFTER DERARTING THE ARPT AND FLYING ABOUT 75 FT AGL, THE PLT ADDED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB. THERE WAS A POWER HESITATION AND THE ACFT DID NOT CLEAR TREES IN IT'S PATH. THE ACFT STRUCK TREES AND DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THERE HAD BEEN WATER IN THE FUEL AND THE ACFT HAD BEEN STORED WITHOUT THE FUEL TANKS BEING TOPPED OFF.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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