- Date
- July 5, 1969
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3569MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3168 69/7/5 NR.TALKEETNA,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 240 TIME - 1424 N3569M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEAR CREEK STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TALKEETNA,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HIT LOG,ACFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR,SETTLED INTO RIVER LOCATED NEXT TO STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3569M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clear Creek Strip
N3569MRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3569M · 1
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