- Date
- August 12, 1968
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N716SAPiper PA-20S
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2947 68/8/12 TALKEETNA,ALAS PIPER PA-20S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1120 N716SA PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON RIVER. FLOATS STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT. SWIFT CURRENT CARRIED ACFT DOWN RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N716SA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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