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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Copper Center, AK · September 4, 1980

Date
September 4, 1980 · 10:00 local
Place
Copper Center, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3322M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80DAH12
Reported as
Piper PA12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total339 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flying low and slow over dead caribou. Stalled aircraft. Too low to recover before ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING LOW AND SLOW OVER DEAD CARIBOU. STALLED AIRCRAFT. TOO LOW TO RECOVER BEFORE GROUND IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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