- Date
- March 12, 1968
- Place
- Nome, AK · NOME, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2159APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4057 68/3/12 NR.NOME,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1607 N2159A PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 17 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO NOTICE DETERIORATING WEA.IP TRIED TO LEAD PLT THRU OCST.COMM BETW ACFT RELAYD BY FSS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2159A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2159ARegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Piper PA-18AAirframe modelPiper PA-18AEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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