- Date
- May 24, 1965
- Place
- Whittier, AK · WHITTIER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6838ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1887 65/5/24 WHITTIER ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1025 N6838Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 44, 14000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS-OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6838Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage