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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Gulkana, AK · September 4, 1994

Date
September 4, 1994 · 17:05 local
Place
Gulkana, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7867D
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC94FA130
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Clipped top edge of glacier and crashed into a creek beyond glacier. Passenger unable recall flight prior accident.

As the FAA filed it

CLIPPED TOP EDGE OF GLACIER AND CRASHED INTO A CREEK BEYOND GLACIER. PASSENGER UNABLE RECALL FLIGHT PRIOR ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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