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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Gulkana, AK · September 30, 1973

Date
September 30, 1973
Place
Gulkana, AK
Airport
Brandts Lodge
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3577P
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC74FAG73
Reported as
Piper PA18A150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total800 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit trees at nite. Not equipt for nite flt.

As the FAA filed it

HIT TREES AT NITE.NOT EQUIPT FOR NITE FLT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.