19840107007809A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-125 · Talkeetna, AK · January 7, 1984

Date
January 7, 1984 · 10:37 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1317A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC84LA028
Reported as
Piper PA18125
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,400 in this make and model75 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.

Pilot flew into a whiteout conditon. Lost control of airplane and it crashed into a hillside.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW INTO A WHITEOUT CONDITON. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE AND IT CRASHED INTO A HILLSIDE.

NTSB investigation

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