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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC86FA035

1986-03-16 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States Airport · LHD Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N70010

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

THRUSH AIRCRAFT LLC S2R-510

Year of manufacture

2025

TCDS

A4SW · THRUSH AIRCRAFT LLC

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-140AG (867 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95722

Registrant of record

AFRICAIR INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACFT HIT TREES AND POWER LINES AND CRASHED ON CITY RESIDENTIAL STREET FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB. ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FAILED DUE TO LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO WATER IN FUEL. OVER TWO QUARTS WATER WAS COLLECTED FROM AIRCRAFT TANKS AFTER CRASH. PILOT MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE FROM SUITABLE LANDING AREA. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_ANC86FA035.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (engine failure). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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