- Date
- May 7, 1965
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9330DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0296 65/5/7 ANCHORAGE ALAS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 797 TIME - 1638 N9330D PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 593 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT CLEAN SNOW OFF WINGS PRIOR TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9330D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill
N9330DRegistration cancelled Jun 20, 2023 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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