- Date
- September 10, 1966
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5763DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121460
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0772 66/9/10 NORTHWAY ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1900 TIME - 1400 N5763D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANYON CREEK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 225 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT APPR.MT AIRSTRIP TOO LOW ALT TO CLEAR MT PASS SUMMIT.ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFTS,DESCND.INTO CANYON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5763D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Canyon Creek
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