- Date
- March 1, 1965
- Place
- L.Clark Pass, AK · L.CLARK PASS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1654PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179873
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0205 65/3/1 NR.L.CLARK PASS ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 970 TIME - 1440 N1654P PX- 1 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES ICE FOG 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 03/11/65
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1654P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1654PRegistration cancelled May 27, 1965 · Piper PA-18-A150RESTDAirframe modelPiper PA-18-A150RESTD
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