- Date
- January 28, 1970
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8708NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0028 70/1/28 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 280 TIME - 1810 N8708N PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOLDOTNA,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/8/70.ACFT HIT TREES AT 400FT ELEV,40NM SW OF ANC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8708N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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