ANC69F0116

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-12 · Fairbanks, AK · March 9, 1969

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
March 9, 1969
Place
Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7871HPiper PA-12
Status
Completed · report June 17, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
188144

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0958   69/3/9  NR.FAIRBANKS,ALAS     PIPER PA-12         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1500
        TIME - 0830                    N7871H              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO RECALL ANY EVENTS OF THE FLIGHT AFTER T/O.

Aircraft

Registration
N7871H
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.