- Date
- August 18, 1968
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4171WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3452 68/8/18 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1120 N4171W PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 22, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- SIGHT SEEING CHARTER. PLT WAS WATCHING MOOSE. LOW ALT AND AIRSPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4171W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4171WRegistration cancelled Dec 26, 2023 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4171W · 1
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