- Date
- June 29, 1966
- Place
- Paxton, AK · PAXTON, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3399ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2918 66/6/29 PAXTON ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 818 TIME - 1315 N3399Z PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMIT LAKE STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- DIRT BANK WAS AT EDGE OF LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3399Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summit Lake Strip
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