- Date
- July 16, 1969
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2988ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2924 69/7/16 TALKEETNA,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 9500 TIME - 1600 N2988Z PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALLS CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TALKEETNA,ALAS TALKEETNA,ALAS CACHE CREEK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- STRUCK BRUSH AT END OF STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2988Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falls Creek