- Date
- August 9, 1967
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1169APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4571 67/8/9 NORTHWAY,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 34, 175 TIME - 1230 N1169A PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD REEVE FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O,CROSSWIND OF 20KTS,GUSTS TO 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1169A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Old Reeve Field
N1169ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N1169A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.