- Date
- July 8, 1968
- Place
- Whittier, AK · WHITTIER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3872ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109557
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3401 68/7/8 WHITTIER,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 300 TIME - 1145 N3872Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- FLOAT-EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3872Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3872ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3872Z · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB GAA18CA497Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStony RIver, AKThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB ANC77DAH40Accident · No injuriesClosedAnchorage, AKNTSB ANC77DAG22Accident · No injuriesClosedAnchorage, AKNTSB ANC74AA044Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAnchorage, AKNTSB ANC68D0061Accident · No injuriesClosedPaxson, AK