- Date
- August 18, 1967
- Place
- Chitina, AK · CHITINA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3909ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4531 67/8/18 CHITINA,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3500 TIME - 1030 N3909Z PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ICY TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LNDG ON GLACIER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3909Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3909ZRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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