- Date
- September 14, 1968
- Place
- Skwentna, AK · SKWENTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3595MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4676 68/9/14 NR.SKWENTNA,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 576 TIME - UNK/NR N3595M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 515 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ABSENCE OF DAMAGE TO TREES AROUND IMPACT SITE INDICATED ACFT MADE EXTREMELY STEEP DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3595M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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