19760115001929A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Eureka, AK · January 15, 1976

Date
January 15, 1976
Place
Eureka, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4158M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC76DAG80
Reported as
Piper PA12
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
280 total240 in this make and model35 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.

Flew into ice fog,eng lost pwr. Lnd on slick road. Slid into snow bank.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO ICE FOG,ENG LOST PWR. LND ON SLICK ROAD. SLID INTO SNOW BANK.

NTSB investigation

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