- Date
- September 21, 1969
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4987MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4107 69/9/21 ANCHORAGE,ALAS PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 289 TIME - 0830 N4987M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLEEPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT OBSERVED PERSONS ON GRND. ALLOWED ACFT TO VEER TOWARD TREES. STALLED AVOIDING TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4987M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sleeper
N4987MRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2012 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C90 series
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Other investigations on N4987M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.