- Date
- March 11, 1969
- Place
- Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4221HPiper PA-14
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2329 69/3/11 NR.BARROW,ALAS PIPER PA-14 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 586 TIME - 1400 N4221H PX- 0 1 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 3/12/69.CIRCLNG LOW OVR POLAR BEAR,FULL FLAPS,HIT OWN PROP WASH.CRASHED ON ICE PACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4221H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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