- Date
- August 20, 1969
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3700MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3655 69/8/20 PALMER,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 108 TIME - 0900 N3700M PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARIBOU CREEK,ALAS CARIBOU CREEK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- LOOKING FOR MOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3700M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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