- Date
- August 29, 1967
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3993MPiper PA-12S
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3018 67/8/29 KETCHIKAN,ALAS PIPER PA-12S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 515 TIME - 1900 N3993M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3993M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3993MRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2018 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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