- Date
- August 14, 1969
- Place
- Willow, AK · WILLOW, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4732MPiper PA-11S
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3536 69/8/14 WILLOW,ALAS PIPER PA-11S CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 392 TIME - 1445 N4732M PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLOW,ALAS LAKE GEORGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT OVERLOADED APRXLY 200 LBS,0.2 IN AFT OF REAR CG. INTENDED HUNTING TRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4732M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willow Lake
N4732MRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2012 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.