- Date
- September 21, 1967
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2855TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4576 67/9/21 GULKANA,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 20000 TIME - 1030 N2855T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- FAILED TO POSITION FLAP HANDLE PROPERLY,ABRUPTLY RETRACTED,CRITICAL POINT ON T/O.ACFT FLOAT EQUIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2855T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2855TRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming O-320 series
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