19791027031849A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Mcgrath, AK · October 27, 1979

Date
October 27, 1979 · 12:00 local
Place
Mcgrath, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3477Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80DAG12
Reported as
Piper PA18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total340 in this make and model50 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.

Made tight turn at low altitude. Aircraft stalled and crashed. Pilot failed to maintain airspeed.

As the FAA filed it

MADE TIGHT TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED. PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED.

NTSB investigation

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