# NTSB Accident ANC25LA033
> **PIPER PA-18-150** · 2025-04-09 · Bethel, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC25LA033
- **Event ID:** 20250412200006
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-04-09
- **Location:** Bethel, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 60.80135, -161.823
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-18-150
- **Registration:** N57617
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not attaining sufficient airspeed for takeoff and subsequently departed the end of the lake and collided with terrain.

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