- Date
- June 9, 1967
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70604Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1921 67/6/9 TALKEETNA,ALAS PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 200 TIME - 2000 N70604 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT WAS PRACTICING LNDGS AND TAKEOFFS ON LAKE.ACFT FLOAT EQIPPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70604
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N70604 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC14CA004Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTalkeetna, AKThe pilot's decision to make contact with an unsuitable landing surface, resulting in a nose over.NTSB ANC82IA067Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportNear Big Lake, AKDuring cruise flight, the aircrafts engine lost power and began vibrating severly. After the pilot tried unsuccessfully to remedy the problem, he executed an emergency landing in a marsh. Shortly after touchdown the aircraft bogged down and nosed over. A…