- Date
- October 23, 1968
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N42633Piper J3C-85
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4697 68/10/23 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS PIPER J3C-85 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 138 TIME - 1722 N42633 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT RADIOD,MAYDAY GOING INTO COOK INLET.CUSHION,PART OF ENG COWL RECOVERED. ACFT DMG,INJ PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42633
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-85
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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