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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Mcgrath, AK · July 4, 1988

Date
July 4, 1988 · 14:00 local
Place
Mcgrath, AK
Airport
Mcgrath
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1556P
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC88DAG05
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total125 in this make and model60 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.

Aircraft struck the ground in a near vertical attitude. May have stalled trying to climb out of the box canyon.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. MAY HAVE STALLED TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE BOX CANYON.

NTSB investigation

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