- Date
- September 27, 1965
- Place
- Chignik, AK · CHIGNIK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1640APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1059 65/9/27 NR.CHIGNIK ALAS PIPER PA-18A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 272 TIME - UNK/NR N1640A PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 7/23/66.PILOT AND PAX WERE ON EXTENDED HUNTING TRIP,WERE LAST SEEN 9/27/65.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1640A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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