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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA12 · Glennallen, AK · May 28, 1983

Date
May 28, 1983 · 03:30 local
Place
Glennallen, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3742M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83LA085
Reported as
Piper PA12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Allowed aircraft to strike the water and sink while manuevering at a low altitude. Had been drinking beer.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE WATER AND SINK WHILE MANUEVERING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. HAD BEEN DRINKING BEER.

NTSB investigation

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