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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Soldotna, AK · April 25, 1983

Date
April 25, 1983 · 13:30 local
Place
Soldotna, AK
Airport
Soldotna
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4396Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83FA075
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Aircraft was observed flying erratically and then disappearing after go around in traffic pattern.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING ERRATICALLY AND THEN DISAPPEARING AFTER GO AROUND IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N4396Z · 1

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