- Date
- August 2, 1966
- Place
- Port Alswort, AK · PORT ALSWORT, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7006KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3504 66/8/2 PORT ALSWORT ALAS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 500 TIME - 1500 N7006K PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SANDBAR OF INSUFFICIEWT LENGTH FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7006K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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