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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Bettles, AK · August 9, 1992

Date
August 9, 1992 · 21:00 local
Place
Bettles, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6592L
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC92LA136
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
430 total350 in this make and model13 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.

Flew into valley looking for sheep. Became too low to clear rising terrain stalled onto mountainside.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO VALLEY LOOKING FOR SHEEP. BECAME TOO LOW TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN STALLED ONTO MOUNTAINSIDE.

NTSB investigation

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