19910320006719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Moose Creek, AK · March 20, 1991

Date: March 20, 1991 · 13:00 local
Place: Moose Creek, AK
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3419M
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC91LA036
Reported as: Piper PA12
Reported engine: Lycoming O235C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 410 total200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N3419MRegistration cancelled Jan 28, 1993 · Piper PA-12S/N 122067 Airframe modelPiper PA-12

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What happened

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Aircraft crashed in a narrow mountain valley. Victims were scouting for caribou.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A NARROW MOUNTAIN VALLEY. VICTIMS WERE SCOUTING FOR CARIBOU.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ANC91LA036Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportMoose Creek, AKThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control, proper altitude not maintained, and failure to maintain flying speed. Contributing to the accident was the high altitude terrain.Mar 20, 1991 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N3419M · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19900912039759ATo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Healy, AKStalled and wing struck a tree on take off from a gravel bar.Sep 12, 1990 · Substantial damage